HODIE (Roman Calendar): Idus Martiae, the notorious Ides of March.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Pasiphae and the Minotaur; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/mythimages/PasiphaeMinotaur.jpg)
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Gratia referenda (English: A favor should be returned).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Ex granis acervus (English: From the grains, a heap).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Est avis in dextra melior quam quattuor extra (English: A bird in the right hand is better than four birds outside it).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Audiens sapiens sapientior erit (English: The wise man who listens will be wiser).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Semper feliciter cadunt Iovis taxilli (English: The dice always fall lucky for Jupiter; from Adagia 1.3.9).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Τότ' ᾄδονται κύκνοι, ὅταν κολοιοὶ σιωπήσωσιν (English: The swans sing when the jackdaws fall silent).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Fides Rara. Click here for a full-sized view.
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/brevissima/brev0233.jpg)
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/campushabetoculossilvaaures.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/vivamusatqueamemus.jpg)
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Haedus Saltans et Lupus, the story of a sly goat who escaped from the wolf (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Muscae et Mel, a fable about the dangers of sweets!
![Muscae](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4925305264_ccd6ec8903.jpg)
GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Αὐτομάτως ὁ θεὸς ἀνίησι τἀγαθά. Sponte Deus bona emittit. God freely sends forth good things.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvD9ePX-B2dRRnx2vbZFCJNOa9ZqjtzbZS9Oim4RWX_AresgbmciZmme90OZAZtz7tiu8BEPOu243E-elw5Sq11Gr0Kpx7am_w02BChNQWmMdPWjI61FBa83uJZkV-6CvMRjp7H4w2VHo/s400/c04037.gif)