HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quintum Kalendas Novembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Diana and Endymion, and there are more images here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Alte volo (English: I fly high).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Patria cuique cara (English: One's homeland is dear to each)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Ora et labora, deus adest sine mora (English: Work and pray; God will aid you without delay). 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: Mora omnis odio est, sed facit sapientiam (English: All delay is hateful, but it makes wisdom).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Suo ipsius indicio periit sorex (English: The shrew-mouse perished by its own testimony; from Adagia 1.3.65, which you can read about here: Sorex et Mus).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Memento Mori. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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Sero in periculis est consilium quaerere.
When danger's arrived, it's late to be making a plan.
Libri muti magistri sunt.
Books are silent teachers.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Herinaceus et Colubra, a fable about the risks of revenge.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Pirata et Alexander Rex, which is one of my favorite Alexander anecdotes (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Greek Bible Art - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my Greek Bible Art graphics; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος. Ecce homo.Behold the man!
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