HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem undecimum decimum Kalendas Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Abduction of Helen; 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: Sine timore (English: Without fear).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Terra devoratrix omnium (English: Earth is the devourer of all things)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Suus cuique crepitus bene olet (English: To each person his own his fart smells nice). 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: Nec mortem effugere quisquam nec amorem potest (English: You can escape neither love nor death).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Nunquam efficies ut recte ingrediantur cancri (English: There's no way you'll be able to make crabs walk straight; from Adagia 3.7.38).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Quid Sum?. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Sapiens ille plenus est gaudio.
The wise man is full of joy.
Sapiens sua bona secum fert.
A wise man carries his goods with him.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Avarus et Poma Marcescentia, a very funny little story about a miser (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Citharoedus Imperitus, a fable for all of you out there who, like me, sing in the shower!
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo Inclusus et Vulpes , with links to the audio and to the blog post.
