Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: September 30

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HODIE: pridie Kalendas Octobres

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Ovem lupo commisisti.
You've entrusted the sheep to a wolf.

Pisces magni parvulos comedunt.
The big fish eat the tiny ones.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Respice post te.
Look behind you.

Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum.
No one ever reached the top by being afraid.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Ulmea Trabs et Boves
Latin version and English version(s)

Philosophus et Cucurbita
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Story of Ulysses by M. Clarke




Dialogues of courtesans by Lucian