HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem sextum Kalendas Octobres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Odysseus and the Sirens.; 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: Ut prosim (English: That I may be of use).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Scientia sol mentis (English: Knowledge is the sun of the mind)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Salomone sapientior (English: Wiser than Solomon). 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: Damnum appellandum est cum mala fama lucrum (English: Profit earned with a damaged reputation should be called a loss).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Vulpinari cum vulpe oportet (English: You've got to outfox the fox; from Adagia 1.2.28).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Fac Discas Multa. 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 Haedus Saltans et Lupus , a story of a young goat who uses his wits to escape from the wolf.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Camelus et Iuppiter, a story about a camel who made a foolish wish (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: Ἀετὸν κορώνη ἐρεσχελεῖ. Aquilam cornix lacessit. The crow is taunting the eagle.
