HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Kalendas Apriles.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Cadmus and the Dragon; 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: Ad astra (English: To the stars).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Historia magistra vitae (English: History is the teacher of life).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Patria sua cuique iucundissima (English: To each person, his own fatherland is the most agreeable). 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: Beneficia plura recipit, qui scit reddere (English: Someone who knows how to do favors will get more of them).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Rara avis (English: A rare bird; from Adagia 2.1.21).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Amor Amarus. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Mente manuque.
By thought and hand.
Cave virum maiorem.
Beware the greater man.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ollae Duae, a story of mismatched friendship.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Canis et Umbra, the famous story of the dog and his shadow (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Vulpes et Asinus Pelle Leonis Indutus, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
