HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem undecimum Kalendas Maias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Heracles and Hesione; 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: Paulatim (English: Little by little).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Iustitia virtutum regina (English: Justice is the queen of the virtues)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nemo non formosus filius matri (English: No one fails to be a beautiful son for his mother). 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: Male vivunt, qui se semper victuros putant (English: People who think they are going to live forever do a bad job of living).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Caudae pilos equinae paulatim vellere (English: Plucking the hairs of a horse's tail, one by one; from Adagia 1.8.95).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Arte Et Marte. 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:
Sapiens sua bona secum fert.
A wise man carries his goods with him.
Discere ne cessa.
Do not stop learning.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Avarus et Poma Marcescentia, a funny story about a greedy man and his orchard (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Iuppiter et Agricola, a fable about being careful what you ask for.
Amy Burvall's History for Music Lovers. Here is today's video: Gutenberg ("Sunday Girl" by Blondie), which you can watch at YouTube also. When you read a printed Latin book, you are in Gutenberg's debt!
