HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum decimum Kalendas Maias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Achilles and Penthesilea; 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: Semper paratus (English: Always prepared).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Iustitia virtutum regina (English: Justice is the queen of the virtues).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Inter pygmaeos regnat nanus (English: Among the pygmies, the dwarf is king). 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: Deliberando discitur sapientia (English: By pondering, wisdom is learned).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Caudae pilos equinae paulatim vellere (English: Plucking the hairs of a horse's tail, one by one; from Adagia 1.8.95).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Dilectio Vera. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Tu dormis et tempus ambulat.
You are sleeping and time walks on.
Ad nocendum potentes sumus.
We have the power to do harm.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Puer et Paedagogus, a story about a hard-hearted teacher and a drowning boy (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Apes, Fuci, et Vespa, a story about who makes the honey.
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo Furens et Caprea, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
