HODIE (Roman Calendar): pridie Idus Februarias, and the Ides are on Saturday!
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Choice of Heracles; 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: Cedo nulli (English: I yield to no one).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Iovis omnia plena (English: All things are full of god).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is O Cupido, quantus es! (English: O Cupid, how great thou art!). 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: Beneficium qui nescit dare, iniuste petit (English: Someone who doesn't know how to do a favor shouldn't ask for one).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Faenum habet in cornu; longe fuge (English: He's got hay on his horn; keep your distance; from Adagia 1.1.81).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Orbis Minor. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Diligite inimicos vestros.
Love your enemies.
Messe tenus propria vive.
Live within your harvest.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Serpens et Filius Eius, a story about snakes and dragons (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Culex et Leo, a story about life's ups and downs.
Amy Burvall's History for Music Lovers. Here is today's video: The Odyssey ("Across the Universe" by the Beatles), which you can watch at YouTube also.
