HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Nonas Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Birth of Heracles, 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 Vigilans et audax (English: Watchful and bold).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Fugiens ursum, incidi in leonem (English: Fleeing the bear, I ran into the lion... like "out of the frying pan, into the fire," but with animals).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Expectavimus pacem, et ecce turbatio (English: We expected peace, and behold, the whirlwind).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Σίδηρον πλεῖν διδάσκεις (English: You're teaching iron to swim, which is a proverbial fool's errand).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Suum Cuique Pulchrum. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/tudormis.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/claudeosaperioculos.jpg)
Tu dormis et tempus ambulat.
You are sleeping and time walks on.
Claude os, aperi oculos.
Close your mouth; open your eyes.
TODAY'S FABLES:
PHAEDRI FABULAE: The illustrated fable from Phaedrus for today is Aesopus et Garrulus, a story about looking for a real man, as often told about Diogenes also: Latin text and Smart's translation.
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STEINHOWEL: The illustrated fable from Steinhowel for today is De equo et leone , a story about the trickster tricked: Latin text and English versions.
![](https://widgets.lauragibbs.net/aesop/steinhowel/colored/leo-et-equus_4908982209_o.png)