HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem duodecimum Kalendas Apriles.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Theseus and the Minotaur; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/mythimages/TheseusVictorMinotaur.jpg)
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Fatis imputandum (English: Blame it on the Fates).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Ex labore dulcedo (English: From effort, sweetness).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Rana in paludem ex throno resilit auro (English: The frog leaps from the golden throne into the swamp).
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 Gygis anulus (English: The ring of Gyges; from Adagia 1.1.96 - you can read about the magical Ring of Gyges at Wikipedia).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Γνῶθι σ' αὐτόν (English: Know yourself).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Ditat Servata Fides. Click here for a full-sized view.
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/brevissima/brev0236.jpg)
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/auricaecusamorducitinomnenefas.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/Fortis_cadere_cedere_non_potest.jpg)
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Vulpes et Mulieres, a story about some women, their meal, and a hungry fox (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Accipiter, Milvus, et Columbae, a story about the foolish doves who chose a hawk as their protector.
![Milvus et Columbae - Osius](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4909064593_b56e6ff053.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: Αὐτὸς ἔφα. Ipse dixit. He himself said it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRnePfBlSfIufTCE2LYyUtFIb7qyHHBz-HNsgGfn70imhflsWK7j8u0koVKlaY4J3GhqaKUczlVA-_VL7EFgCImZKFjnO9_mgdtiy7P21FBHw1osCQPUFYdT4q5hjxVlXsRq1cxVEyFw/s400/c04039.gif)