HODIE (Roman Calendar): Nonae Martiae, the Nones of March. And yes, the Ides are on their way!
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Odysseus and Nausicaa, and there are more images here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Insisto firmiter (English: I stand steady).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Tranquillo quilibet gubernator (English: When it's calm, everyone is a helmsman)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Magnus liber magnum malum (English: A big book is a big evil). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Duos insequens lepores, neutrum capit (English: By chasing two rabbits, he catches neither; from Adagia 3.3.36).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Similis Similem Sibi Quaerit. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Nihil gratius pace.
Nothing is more welcome than peace.
Divitiae pariunt curas.
Wealth gives rise to worries.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Mustela et Mus Grandaevus, the story of a wise old mouse.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Aquila et Vulpes, a story of animal mothers and their young (this fable has a vocabulary list).
GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖς. Littori loqueris. You might as well talk to the shore.
