HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem sextum Nonas Maias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Echo and Narcissus; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Parum sufficit (English: A little bit is enough).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Post spinas palma (English: After thorns, the palm of victory).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Unus lanius non timet multas oves (English: One butcher does not fear many sheep).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Non nobis solum nati sumus (English: We are not born for ourselves alone).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Cave Thoracem (English: Beware of Mount Thorax; from Adagia 2.4.52 - This refers to Mount Thorax, where the notoriously rude poet Daphitas was supposedly crucified for having written some poetry mocking the kings).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Τοῖς σεαυτοῦ πτεροῖς ἥλως (English: You're taken by your own feathers, an allusions to the Aesop's fable about the eagle and the arrow).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Difficilia Quae Pulchra. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Parentes ama.
Love your parents.
Otium omnia vitia parit.
Leisure gives rise to all the vices.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ranae Duae Vicinae, a story about life and its dangers.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Cervus et Hinnulus Eius, a story about heart, i.e. courage (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Sundials. Below you will find an image of a sundial, and for detailed information about the Latin motto see this blog post: QUA HORA NON PUTATIS FILIUS HOMINIS VENIET.
