HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Idus Apriles.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Penelope, Laertes and Telemachus; 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: Fortitudine vinco (English: Through bravery, I am victorious).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Fames optimus coquus (English: Hunger is the best cook)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Pelle sub agnina latitat mens saepe lupina (English: Beneath the lamb's skin often lurks a wolf's mind.). 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: Fortuna in homine plus quam consilium valet (English: Luck can do more for a person than a plan).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Ut canis e Nilo (English: Like a dog drinking from the Nile; from Adagia 1.9.80 ... an allusion to the Aesop's fable about the dog and the crocodile ... see below!).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Nemo Sibi Satis. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Modum nescit ponere voluptas.
Pleasure knows not how to set limits.
Vultus indicat mores.
The face indicates the character.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ursa et Vulpes, a fable about hypocrisy.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Crocodilus et Canis, the story of a dangerous crocodile and a wily dog (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo et Canis, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
