Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: September 16

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HODIE: ante diem sextum decimum Kalendas Octobres

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

In mari magno pisces capiuntur.
In the big sea is where fishes are caught.

Aquilam volare, delphinum natare doces.
You're teaching the eagle to fly, the dolphin to swim.
[no wonder the dolphin is laughing at you!]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Amor mentes nectit.
Love entwines minds.




Qui dormit, non peccat.
He who sleeps does not sin.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Vipera et Auceps
Latin version and English version(s)

Lepores et Ranae
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

The Story of Rome by Mary Macgregor




Helen of Troy by Andrew Lang