HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Idus Maias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Diana and Endymion; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Minime iudica (English: Do not judge).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Sola virtus invicta (English: Only excellence is undefeated).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Non oportet in urbe nutrire leonem (English: You should not raise a lion in the city).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Nemo propheta acceptus est in patria (English: No prophet is accepted in his homeland).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Cicernus Bacchus (English: A chickpea Bacchus; from Adagia 2.6.47 - This refers to a fermented drink made of chickpeas, and by extension it means something vile, a poor imitation of something good, as this drink is a cheap imitation of wine).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἴσα πόλεμον οὐ ποιεῖ (English: Equality does not cause war).
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Mus, Feles, et Gallus, a wonderful fable about a mouse trying to understand the ways of the world (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Asinus Leonis Pelle Indutus, the famous story of the donkey who put on a lion's skin.
![Asinus in Pelle Leonis](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4899820479_f150048411.jpg)
Words from Mythology. For more about VOLCANO and VULCANUS, see this blog post.
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