HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quintum Idus Decembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Medea and the Daughters of Pelias; 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: Liberos erudi (English: Teach your children).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Post tempestatem tranquillum (English: After the storm, calm).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Vetulus simius non capitur laqueo (English: The old monkey is not caught in the snare).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Date et dabitur vobis, dimittite et dimittemini (English: Give and it will be given to you; forgive, and you will be forgiven).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Croeso ditior (English: Richer than Croesus; from Adagia 1.6.74 — you can read about the proverbial Croesus at Wikipedia).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἀλωπηκίζειν πρὸς ἑτέραν ἀλώπηκα (English: You have to outfox the fox).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Sermo Mollis Frangit Iram. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Spes alit et fallit.
Hope feeds and misleads.
Longae regum manus.
Long are the hands of kings.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Vulpes et Uva, the famous story of the supposedly sour grapes (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Lupus et Puer Mendax, another famous story: the boy who cried wolf.
Latin Holiday Songs. Today's song is Orientis Reges Tres, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" — you can find the Latin lyrics at the blog post.
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