HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem tertium Idus Iunias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Pygmalion and the Statue; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Excelsior! (English: Higher!).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Quaevis terra patria (English: Any land at all is my country).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Sapit qui reputat (English: He is wise who thinks twice). 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: Habet suum venenum blanda oratio (English: Sweet speech has its own venom).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem (English: The wolf may change his coat, but not his character; from Adagia 3.3.19).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Damnatus Inique. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/Eamus_quo_ducit_fortuna.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/qualismatertalisetfilia.jpg)
Eamus quo ducit fortuna.
Let's go where luck leads us.
Qualis mater, talis et filia.
Like mother, like daughter also.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Vulpes et Uva, the famous story of the fox and the grapes (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Philosophus et Cucurbita, about the lovely way in which the world works.
![Philosophus et Cucurbita](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4914607547_62361b4aa3.jpg)
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo Amatorius et Silvanus, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
![Leo Amatorius](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4899827137_64783b944d.jpg)