HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem sextum decimum Kalendas Iulias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Heracles and the Mares of Diomedes; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Tene fortiter (English: Hold on tightly).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Nunc aut nunquam (English: Now, or never).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Dum felis dormit, mus gaudet et exsilit antro (English: While the cat sleeps, the mouse rejoices and leaps out of its hole).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Dei laneos pedes habent (English: The gods have feet of wool).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Endymionis somnum dormis (English: You're sleeping the sleep of Endymion; from Adagia 1.9.63).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Πολλῶν ὁ λίμος γίνεται διδάσκαλος (English: Hunger can teach you many things.).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is full-sized view. I'm sharing these with English translations at Google+ now too.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs_TpG0LUaskJGuOsBu1KFXB6m_zHjGIDLJd670EH-gHHqTTg8dpmCnxNE3cOrst4QhIoQMZYrYIsY0JpbRf_141VL-vepkd05ssV835vUnZNr3uk3PMjSO3fKTwsfuPlhpmGmsrlLKtP/s400/epit.jpg)
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/omnesfiliideiestis.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/posttenebraslus.jpg)
Omnes filii Dei estis.
You are all children of God.
Post tenebras, lux.
After the darkness, light.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Simia et Gemelli Eius, a story of helicopter parenting in the animal world (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Galli Duo Certantes, a story about a boastful rooster.
![Galli Pugnantes](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4925194452_b1788defd3.jpg)
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo, Asinus, et Vulpes Perfida, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
![Asinus, Leo et Vulpes Perfida](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/3677120834_40b3fdac78.jpg)