HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Nonas Octobres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Heracles and Antaeus; 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: Occasionem cognosce (English: Know the moment).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Auctor ego audendi (English: I am the author of my own daring).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Dum pastores odia exercent, lupus intrat ovile (English: While the shepherds quarrel, the wolf enters the sheepfold).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Alius est qui seminat, et alius qui metit (English: It is one who sows, and another who reaps).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Hylam inclamas (English: You're shouting for Hylas; from Adagia 1.4.72 - a reference to the futile cries of Heracles for his lover Hylas who was abducted by the nymphs).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα (English: The enemies' gifts are not gifts).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Vos Qui Docetis. 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 Pavo et Grus, a story about beauty and loftier aspirations.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Leo Iratus et Puteus, a funny story about a lion and his own reflection (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Sundials. Below you will find an image of a sundial, and for detailed information about the Latin motto see this blog post: VOLAT IRREVOCABILIS · ULTIMA LATET.
