HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem sextum Nonas Maias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Heracles and Cacus; 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: Parum sufficit (English: A little bit is enough).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Post spinas palma (English: After thorns, the palm = the palm of victory).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Echinus partum procrastinat (English: The hedgehog delays giving birth... but the little ones are more and more pricklier the longer she waits).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Non nobis solum nati sumus (English: We are not born for ourselves alone).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Cave Thoracem (English: Beware of Mount Thorax; from Adagia 2.4.52 - this refers to Mount Thorax, where the notoriously rude poet Daphitas was supposedly crucified for having written some poetry mocking the kings).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Τοῖς σεαυτοῦ πτεροῖς ἥλως (English: You're caught by your own feathers, as illustrated in this Aesop's fable about the eagle and the arrow).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Vita Felix. 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:
Nulli iniuria facienda.
Do wrong to no one.
Decus in labore.
There is dignity in work.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Leo et Tauri Duo, a story of divide-and-conquer (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ranae Duae Vicinae, a fable about two different frog lifestyles.
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo et Vulpes, Socii, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
