HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum Idus Martias. Yes, the fabled Ides of March are approaching!
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Romulus and Remus with the Wolf; 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: Insisto firmiter (English: I stand steady).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Tranquillo quilibet gubernator (English: When it's calm, everyone is a helmsman).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Auriculas asini Mida rex habet (English: King Midas has donkey's ears). 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: Nil non acerbum, prius quam maturum fuit (English: There is nothing that was not bitter before it ripened).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Camelus vel scabiosa complurium asinorum gestat onera (English: Even a mangy camel can bear the loads of many donkeys; from Adagia 1.9.58).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Ars Remanet. Click here for a full-sized view. I'm sharing these with English translations at Google+ now too.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Varietas delectat.
Variety delights.
Ito bonis avibus.
Go with good omens.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Vulpes in Puteum Delapsa et Lupus, in which the fox has to ask the wolf for help (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Mula et Imago Eius., a story about a boastful mule, with a horse for a mother and a donkey for a dad.
Words from Mythology. For more about the goddess Calliope and and the English calliope, see this blog post.
