Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: June 9

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HODIE: ante diem quintum Idus Iunias

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Elephantum ex mure facis.
You're making an elephant out of a mouse.

Ego apros occido, sed alter utitur pulpamento.
I'm the one who kills the boards, but someone else enjoys the meat.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Iuventus ventus.
Youth (passes by like) the wind.

Alta a longe cognoscuntur.
Lofty things can be discerned from afar.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Feles et Venus
Latin version and English version(s)

Vulpes Sine Cauda
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

The Legend of Perseus by Edwin Sydney Hartland
(in three volumes)
online book link

In the misty realm of fable by Emma Robinson Kleckner
online book link