HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum Idus Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Leda and the Swan; 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: Sperandum (English: We must have hope).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Liber medicina animi (English: A book is the soul's medicine)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Arcum nimia frangit intensio (English: Too much tension breaks the bow). 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 qui nescit dare, iniuste petit (English: Someone who doesn't know how to do a favor shouldn't ask for one).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Non curat numerum lupus (English: The wolf doesn't care about the number of flock; from Adagia 2.4.99... in other words: count your sheep, but the wolf will still take what he wants).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Dies Clarissima. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Latent futura.
The future things are hidden.
Mundus ipse est ingens deorum omnium templum.
The world itself is a huge temple of all the gods.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Ollae Duae, a story of mismatched friends (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Hercules et Rusticus, a story about how the god helps him that helps himself.
