HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem duodecimum Kalendas Iunias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Actaeon Attacked by His Dogs, and there are more images here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Ex sudore vultus (English: By the sweat of my brow).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Vacca, quae multum boat, parum lactis habet (English: A cow who moos a lot has little milk).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Nemo propheta acceptus est in patria (English: No prophet is accepted in his homeland).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Μαχαίρᾳ μὴ πῦρ σκαλεύειν (English: Don't stir the fire with a sword).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Prudentia. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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Loquere audacter.
Speak boldly.
Vive tua sorte contentus.
Live and be content with your lot in life.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Formica Alata, a fable about being careful what you ask for (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Avara et Gallina, a variation on the goose that laid the golden egg, but this time with a typical chicken.
![Mulier et Gallina Obesa](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/3677130646_71d7a4a5b6.jpg)
Words from Mythology. For more about the CORNUCOPIA, see this blog post.
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