Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: August 14

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HODIE: ante diem undevicesimum Kalendas Septembres



E vipera rursum vipera nascitur.
From one snake yet another is born.



A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupus.
A precipice in front of you; a wolf behind.





Fallaces sunt rerum species.
The appearances of things are deceiving.



Vinum animi speculum.
Wine is the mirror of the soul.



AESOP'S FABLES:

Ciconia et Vulpecula
Latin version and English version(s)



Struthiocamelus Perfidus
Latin version and English version




BOOKS ONLINE:

Old Greek Nature Stories
by F. A. Farrar



The Bacchae of Euripides
translated by Gilbert Murray