HODIE (Roman Calendar): Idus Februariae, the Ides of February.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Sacrifice of Polyxena; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Cedo nulli (English: I yield to no one).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Iovis omnia plena (English: All things are full of God).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Cogito, ergo sum (English: I think, therefore I am). 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: Etiam oblivisci, quid sis, interdum expedit (English: Sometimes it can even be helpful to forget what you are).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Faenum habet in cornu; longe fuge (English: He's got hay on his horn; keep your distance; from Adagia 1.1.81 - the hay tied on the horn was a sign to all that the bull was especially bad-tempered).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Apologia Fortunae. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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Longa via est: propera.
The way is long: hurry.
Parva leves capiunt animos.
Small things capture silly souls.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Serpens et Filius Eius, a "dog-eat-dog" story, but with snakes (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Leo et Pastor, the famous story of Androcles and the lion.
![leo et pastor](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4908982051_89e3f552fe.jpg)
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Vulpes et Maeander Fluvius, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
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