HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Nonas Iunias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Venus Trying to Detain Adonis; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Cui bono? (English: For whose benefit? ... always a good question to promote critical thinking!).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Deus pastor meus (English: God is my shepherd).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Canis mortuus non mordet (English: A dead dog does not bite).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Noctuas Athenas portat (English: He's carrying owls to Athens - the classical equivalent of "carrying coals to Newcastle").
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Lynceo perspicacior (English: More clear-sighted than Lynceus; from Adagia 2.1.54 - Lynceus was a legendary figure famous for his eyes; he supposedly invented mining for metals since he could see the silver and gold under the ground).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Θάρσει, τὸ δίκαιον ἰσχύει μέγα (English: Be bold: that which is right is very strong).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Ex Meritis Propriis. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Venator et Eques, a story about saving face.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Ranae et Sol, an Aesop's fable about global warming (this fable has a vocabulary list).
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: Ἐκ τοῦ κρασπέδου τὸ ὕφασμα δείκνυται. Ex fimbria tela ipsa ostenditur. From the fringe the weaving is known.
