HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem tertium decimum Kalendas Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Antigone; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/mythimages/Antigone.jpg)
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Sine fine (English: Without end).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Victrix fortunae sapientia (English: Wisdom is the conqueror of luck)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Optimus magister bonus liber (English: The best teacher is a good book). 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: Beneficium saepe dare, docere est reddere (English: To often do favors teaches others how to return them).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Ars multa vulpi, ast una echino maxima (English: The fox has many a trick, but the hedgehog has just one big trick; from Adagia 1.5.18).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Auctores Veteres et Recentes. Click here for a full-sized view.
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/brevissima/brev0130.jpg)
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/gratiareferenda.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/amicusesttamquamalteridem.jpg)
Gratia referenda.
A favor should be returned.
Amicus est tamquam alter idem.
A friend is like another self.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Corvus et Mercurius, a story about a sneaky crow (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Concubinae Duae, a story about the unexpected results of having two lovers, one younger and one older.
![Vir et Uxores Duae](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4914473153_c746b0d711.jpg)
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo et Vulpes, Socii, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
![Vulpes et Leo (de Familiaritate)](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3613/3679910329_a6005e20ff.jpg)