HODIE (Roman Calendar): pridie Kalendas Septembres, the day before September begins.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Perseus on Pegasus, and there are more images here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Nil impossibile (English: Nothing is impossible).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Aquae furtivae dulciores (English: Stolen waters are sweeter)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Homo doctus in se divitias semper habet (English: A learned person always has riches within himself). 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: Levis est fortuna: cito reposcit, quod dedit (English: Fortune is fickle: she's quick to take back what she has given).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Furemque fur cognoscit, et lupum lupus (English: Thief knows thief, wolf knows wolf; from Adagia 2.3.63).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Tace Tu Primus. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae.
There is no great genius without some madness mixed in.
Sol oculus mundi.
The sun is the eye of the world.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Canis et Faber, a story about selective attention.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Leo, Vacca, Capra, et Ovis , the famous story of the lion's share (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Words from Mythology. For more about JOVE and JOVIAL, see this blog post.
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