HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem sextum decimum Kalendas Ianuarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Heracles and Antaeus, and there are more images here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Pulsanti aperietur (English: It will be opened to the one who knocks).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Libertas pretiosior auro (English: . Freedom is more precious than gold).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Inter simios oportet esse simium (English: Among monkeys, you need to be a monkey).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Nolite iudicare secundum faciem (English: Don't judge based on appearances).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Pompeius Magnus, Cato Maior, Fabius Maximus. Click here for a full-sized view.
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/brevissima/brev0128.jpg)
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVg447ps-43M3cLVyTe43BaBNTCHfjiAw3TaW6MESxkW1kf3EJEVxJNqSsvRNdlhd4vOgWaAML6WKbZoVCJBwVw65jibma-ICcdJBTQIDqflTLo6Selwqn1IX2PLAuXpY83zVRbrVDNQY/s400/formosus.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/contentusvivoparvo.jpg)
Nemo non formosus filius matri.
There is no son who is not handsome in his mother's eyes.
Contentus vivo parvo.
I live, content with a little.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Simia et Gemelli Eius, a fable about parenting (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ursus et Amici Duo, a fable about friendship, true and false.
![Ursus et Amici Duo](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4909081523_6570f4be3b.jpg)
Gaudium Mundo. Today's holiday song is Angeli Canunt Praecones, two different Latin versions of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing."
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