Round-Up: November 14

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Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Discipulus est prioris posterior dies (English: The following day is the student of the previous day - in other words: live and learn!). You can use the Javascript to include the Latin proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog. Meanwhile, to read a brief essay about this proverb, visit the AudioLatinProverbs.com website.

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἐυήθει δάκτυλον μὴ δείξῃς, ἵνα μὴ τὴν παλάμην σου καταπίῃ (English: Don't offer a finger to a fool, because he might swallow your hand). You can use the Javascript to include the Greek proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog - and each Greek proverb also comes with a Latin version.

Latin Via Fables: I'm presenting the "Barlow Aesop" collection, fable by fable, with my commentary on each. Today's fable is Fable 21: Equus et Asinus, the story of the proud horse and the humble donkey. Here is Barlow's illustration:

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Round-Up: November 12

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Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Fortuna amicos parat, inopia amicos probat (English: Prosperity obtains friends, poverty puts them to the test - a proverb that can also be pondered by politicans who are presiding over a failing economy!). You can use the Javascript to include the Latin proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog. Meanwhile, to read a brief essay about this proverb, visit the AudioLatinProverbs.com website.

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Καθ' ἑαυτοῦ Βελλεροφόντης (English: Bellerophon against himself - an allusion to the letters that Bellerophon carried which contained orders for his own execution). You can use the Javascript to include the Greek proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog - and each Greek proverb also comes with a Latin version.

Latin Via Fables: I'm presenting the "Barlow Aesop" collection, fable by fable, with my commentary on each. Today's fable is Fable 20: Leo Amatorius, the sad story of the lion in love. Here is Barlow's wonderful illustration!

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Round-Up: November 9

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Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Semper Saturnalia agunt (English: They are always celebrating Saturnalia - in other words, they're always playing around and not getting down to work!). You can use the Javascript to include the Latin proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog. Meanwhile, to read a brief essay about this proverb, visit the AudioLatinProverbs.com website.

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Γέρων βοῦς ἀπένθητος δόμοισι (English: The old ox is not lamented by the family members - even though, of course, that ox when young had secured the family's livelihood!). You can use the Javascript to include the Greek proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog - and each Greek proverb also comes with a Latin version.

Latin Via Fables: I'm presenting the "Barlow Aesop" collection, fable by fable, with my commentary on each. Today's fable is Fable 19: Vulpecula et Ciconia, the story of the fox who tricks the stork - who out-tricks the fox in return, a fable of turn-about is fair play. Here is Barlow's illustration - one of the most marvelous illustrations in the whole book, I think!

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Round-Up: November 6

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Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Liber medicina animi (English: A book is medicine for the soul). You can use the Javascript to include the Latin proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog. Meanwhile, to read a brief essay about this proverb, visit the AudioLatinProverbs.com website, which you will also find a little excursus on the fascinating relationship between Latin animus and anima.

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἀχάριστον εὐεργετεῖν, καὶ νεκρὸν μουρίζειν, ἑνὶ σύγκειται (English: To help an ungrateful person, and to anoint a corpse, amount to one and the same - what a powerful metaphor!). You can use the Javascript to include the Greek proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog - and each Greek proverb also comes with a Latin version.

Latin Via Fables: I'm presenting the "Barlow Aesop" collection, fable by fable, with my commentary on each. Today's fable is Fable 18: Accipiter Columbam Insequens, the story of the hawk chasing the dove - and learning the lesson of the Golden Rule in the process! Here is Barlow's illustration:

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Round-Up: November 4

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Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae (English: Each and every person is the maker of his own luck - a good saying to keep in mind today, the day of the U.S. elections of 2008). You can use the Javascript to include the Latin proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog. Meanwhile, to read a brief essay about this proverb, visit the AudioLatinProverbs.com website.

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ὦ ὁῖα κεφαλὴ, καὶ ἐγκέφαλον οὐκ ἔχει (English: Oh such a head, and it has no brains - a reference to the Aesop's fable about the fox who found an actor's mask). You can use the Javascript to include the Greek proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog - and each Greek proverb also comes with a Latin version.

Latin Via Fables: I'm presenting the "Barlow Aesop" collection, fable by fable, with my commentary on each. Today's fable is Fable 17: Agricola et Ciconia, a wonderful fable about hanging out with the wrong crowd, as the stork learned to her great cost! Here is Barlow's illustration:

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Round-Up: November 2

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Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Alget qui non ardet (English: He grows cold who does not burn - a motto found in William Strachey's Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall, published for the Colony of Virginia in 1612). You can use the Javascript to include the Latin proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog. Meanwhile, to read a brief essay about this proverb, visit the AudioLatinProverbs.com website.

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Χρὴ μὴ τὸ κακὸν διὰ κακὸν ἀμύνασθαι (English: One wrong should not be avenged with another wrong - in other words, two wrongs don't make a right). You can use the Javascript to include the Greek proverb of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog - and each Greek proverb also comes with a Latin version.

Latin Via Fables: I'm presenting the "Barlow Aesop" collection, fable by fable, with my commentary on each. Today's fable is Fable 16: Cicada et Formica, the story of the hard-working ant and the infamously lazy cricket or grasshopper or cicada who has to go beg the ant for food in winter - a good fable now that fall is upon us! Here is Barlow's illustration (thank goodness the insects are disproportionately large, so that you can see them):

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