HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas Iunias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Prometheus Bound; 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: Virtus nobilitat (English: Virtue bestows nobility ... in other words, nobility is not just a matter of birth!).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Tempus animae medicus (English: Time is the soul's doctor).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Stercus optimum vestigium domini (English: The master's footstep is the best fertilizer). 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: Avarus damno potius quam sapiens dolet (English: The miser grieves over a loss more than the wise man does).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Equo senescenti minora admove (English: Load less on the old horse; from Adagia 2.8.52).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Virtutis Amor, Non Opum Studium. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Cave canem!
Beware of dog!
Carmina morte carent.
Songs know no death.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Castor et Venator, the story of the beaver's strategic sacrifice (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Viatores Duo et Latro, a story about solidarity... and lack thereof.
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leaena et Ursa , with links to the audio and to the blog post.
