HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Idus Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Choice of Heracles; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Sperandum (English: We must have hope).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Res forma fugax (English: Beauty is a thing that is fleeting)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Arcum nimia frangit intensio (English: Too much tension breaks the bow). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Beneficium qui nescit dare, iniuste petit (English: Someone who doesn't know how to do a favor shouldn't ask for one).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Non curat numerum lupus (English: The wolf doesn't care about the number of flock; from Adagia 2.4.99 - in other words, counting your sheep is no protection against the wolf!).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Qui Petit Immeritum. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Platanus et Viatores, the story of a tree that can't get any respect (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Hercules et Rusticus, a story about how the god helps him who helps himself.
Greek Bible Art - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my Greek Bible Art graphics; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: κατέβη δὲ ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραω. Ecce descendebat filia Pharaonis. The daughter of Pharaoh came down.
