Special Edition: March 10 - Distich Slideshow

Getting ready for the upcoming summer project, I've put up the first version of a slideshow approach to Latin distich poetry, and I'd be curious for any feedback - you can see the slideshow over at the Disticha Latina blog: Cato 3.1: Ne Discere Cessa. I've also embedded the slideshow below.

I created the slideshow using Google Presentations, which are easy to share with others and easy to embed in a blog, too. Since this is a "live" document being delivered by Google, that means you are seeing the latest version here. As I keeping making changes, additions, and corrections (as I surely will!), the current version will be on display wherever I have embedded the slideshow. Nifty! I've created a few more slideshows now, too.

Round-Up: March 9

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.

HODIE: ante diem septimum Idus Martias.

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are the plays of Aeschylus in Latin and Greek: Prometheus Vinctus, Septem Contra Thebas, Persae, & Supplices and Agamemnon, Choephoroe & Eumenides.

MYTHS & LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Medea and her children; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

TODAY'S DISTICHS & EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!

RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Christe, mihi da te, Christe, mihi da te, ne quando segreger a te; / Corporis ac animae sit tibi cura meae; and Cum sim mendicus, Cum sim mendicus, cognosco quis sit amicus; / Me quis amet video, deficiente meo.

CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Somnia ne cures, Somnia ne cures; nam mens humana, quod optat, / Dum vigilans sperat, per somnum cernit id ipsum; and Sit tibi praecipue, Sit tibi praecipue, quod primum est, cura salutis; / Tempora nec culpes, cum sis tibi causa doloris.

MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Thais habet nigros, Thais habet nigros, niveos Laecania dentes. / Quae ratio est? Emptos haec habet, illa suos; and Accipiter, Praedo fuit volucrum: famulus nunc aucupis idem / Decipit et captas non sibi maeret aves.

OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Fortitudo, Scit sapiens, vult cuique suum ius reddere iustus; / Qui facere hoc audet, fortis habendus erit; and Parum, Nihil, Nimis, Satis, Pauper in orbe parum, mendicus nil habet usquam. / Dives habet nimium, quis, nisi nemo, satis?

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Diversum Confusa Genus (the emblem shows a giraffe!), Cernis ut inconcinnam habet haec fera longa figuram: / Quicquid agunt stulti, nil habet harmoniae; and Ventis Immota Superbit, Ventorum adversis solidatur flatibus arbor: / A cruce et a precibus mens pia robur habet.

ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Regni Corona Rex, Qui scit honore bonos cumulare et plectere sontes, / Rex erit is regni, vera corona, sui; and Studio et Vigilantia, Qui vigili studio sapientum scripta volutat, / Hic dici doctus cur mereatur habet. So, stay up and study late into the wee hours like a night-owl of wisdom:

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Beati mites (English: Blessed are the meek).

3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Patientia et spe (English: By means of patience and hope).

ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Cum lupis ulula (English: Howl with the wolves).

POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Iniquum petendum ut aequum feras (English: Seek more than what is right so that you may carry off the right amount).

PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Panidis suffragium (English: The judgment of Panides; from Adagia 3.1.32 - in the fabled contest between Homer and Hesiod, Panides was the foolish judge who would have awarded the victory to Hesiod).

GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Θυμοῦ λόγος ἰατρός (English: Speech is a doctor for anger).

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Romulus Silvius et Fulmen, this is the boastful Romulus who claimed to be greater than Jupiter... big mistake!

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Graculus et Avarus, a delightful story about a thieving jackdaw and a human miser (this fable has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 551, Psittacus et Dives, through Fable 560, Gallus, Canis, et Vulpes, including Gallus et Feles Lecticarii, the story of a foolish rooster who employed cats as his litter-bearers.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Bear and The Bees, a story about a bear and the high price of honey.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Cervus et Amici Eius, the sad story of a deer and his friends... his hungry friends! Cervus, morbo correptus, in loco campestri procubuerat. Ferae autem, quae illum visitatum venerant, pabula quae strata fuerant cervo, devorarunt. Ut vero postea paululum convaluit cervus, inopia oppressus, vitam cum pabulo perdidit.

Round-Up: March 7

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. You can keep up with the latest posts by using the RSS feed, or you might prefer to subscribe by email.

HODIE: Nonae Martiae, the Nones of March - and yes, the Ides are coming up - they will be on March 15.

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Pettigrew's Chronicles of the Tombs and Leich's Sepulcralia Carmina.

MYTHS & LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Judgment of Paris; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

TODAY'S DISTICHS & EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!

RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Amittit totum, Amittit totum qui mittit ad omnia votum; / Omnia qui quaerit, omnibus orbus erit; and Si mala quis faciat, Si mala quis faciat, sibimet solet ipse nocere; / Eius in exemplo debes nocitura timere.

CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Iudicium populi, Iudicium populi numquam contempseris unus: / Ne nulli placeas, dum vis contemnere multos; and Fortius ut valeas, Fortius ut valeas, interdum parcior esto: / Pauca voluptati debentur, plura saluti.

MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Quid me, Thai, Quid me, Thai, senem subinde dicis? / Nemo est, Thai, senex ad irrumandum (this is a naughty one!); and Nuper erat medicus, Nuper erat medicus, nunc est vispillo Diaulus: / quod vispillo facit, fecerat et medicus.

OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Spiritus Sanctus, Ut semper veniunt ad candida tecta columbae, / Ingreditur sanctus candida corda Deus.; and Possum, Volo, Nolo: Anomala, Quod volo non possum, quod possum nolo vicissim. / Tota hominis vita est nil nisi nolo, volo.

ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Sacrificium Deo Cor Contribulatum, Hostia grata Deo mens vero attrita dolore; / Cum delicta premunt, hostia sacra Deo; and Cosi Di Ben Amar Porto Tormento (yes, an Italian title for this one, from Petrarch), Musca velut sequitur flammam ac sese iniicit igni, / Sic Veneris telis laeta iuventa perit.

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Ad Sidera Vultus, Sursum oculos, O Mens, vani obliviscere mundi; / Te manet in caelis non peritura domus; and Cursu Praetervehor Omnes, Quantumvis humilis, cursu tamen anteit omnes / Struthio: sic virtus quolibet alta loco est. And really: ostriches do run fast!

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Insisto firmiter (English: I stand steady).

3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Suus cuique mos (English: To each his own custom)

AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Magnus liber magnum malum (English: A big book is a big evil). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Necessitatem ferre, non flere addecet (English: It is better to endure what is necessary, not to bewail it).

ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Duos insequens lepores, neutrum capit (English: Chasing two rabbits, he catches neither; from Adagia 3.3.36).

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Fabricius et Pyrrhus, a story of honor in Rome's war with Pyrrhus.

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Aquila et Vulpes, a story of the fox's love for her offspring and a very evil eagle (this fable has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 541, Luscinia et Acanthis, through Fable 550, Psittacus et Turtur, including Pavo Deplumatus, the sad story of a peacock who gave away his feathers.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Ass and the Gipsies, in which the old priests of Cybele have now been rendered as "Gipsies."

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Mustela et Mus Grandaevus, the story of the weasel and a wise old mouse who knows his enemy, even in disguise: Mustela, inveterata nec iam amplius mures venari praevalens, arte iuvari voluit ut vitam habere posset. Igitur in farina se coniecit et abscondit, ubi murium frequentiam esse scivit. Ibi ergo in insidiis latitans, mures sine labore capiendos exspectavit. Cepit itaque tres iuvenes et minus cautos mures. Tandem venit grandaevus mus et circumspectus, qui de laqueis et muscipulis non semel evaserat, vidensque illam insidias habentem, cognita fraude eius, sic eam allocuta est, “Minus cautos mures decipere quidem potesti; sed me minime capietis. Ego enim vos intus in cute novi.”

Round-Up: March 5

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I've got a nice update about the Mille Fabulae et Una blog - I'm now up to fable #700 in the navigation and browsing menu. Hopefully I can get that all squared away before summer comes. It will be nice to have that blog and book all done before starting on the new book! :-)

HODIE: ante diem tertium Nonas Martias.

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Bauhuis' Epigrammata and von Böcken's Epigrammata Miscellanea.

MYTHS & LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Eurydice; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together.

TODAY'S DISTICHS & EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!

RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Non capit optatum, Non capit optatum munus, qui non dat amatum; / Ni quod amas dederis, optata non potieris; and Ut moveant risum, Ut moveant risum multis est utile visum, / Sed risu multi meruerunt nomina stulti.

CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Quod sequitur specta, Quod sequitur specta, quodque imminet ante videto, / Illum imitare deum, partem qui spectat utramque; and Rem, tibi quam nosces, Rem, tibi quam nosces aptam, dimittere noli: / Fronte capillata, post est Occasio calva.

MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Litigat et podagra, Litigat et podagra Diodorus, Flacce, laborat; / Sed nil patrono porrigit: haec cheragra est; and Miraris, quotiens, Miraris, quotiens gemmantis explicat alas, / et potes hunc saevo tradere, dure, coco?

OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Homerus, Mentiri caecum nemo miratur Homerum: / Auritus testis, non oculatus, erat; and Ad Quendam Divitem, Magnus amor tuus est, si multum hoc tempore dones; / Si multum credas, est tua magna fides.

ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The new emblem is Coniunctis Votis, Coniunctis votis, coniuncto pectore quicquid / Postulat, hoc Christi grex super orbe feret.

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Ne Rumperer, Consilio moderato animos frenato furentes, / Ut rigidas quercus vimina lenta solent; and Nec Meta, Nec Onus, Sternit humi, immensum quod pondus iterque camelum; / Sternitur haud fortis laudis amore labor.

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Diligite inimicos vestros (English: Love your enemies).

3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Omnia vincit veritas (English: Truth conquers all).

RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Parvus pendetur fur, magnus abire videtur (English: The petty thief is hanged, while the big thief gets off scot-free).

VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Debet in spe, qui arat, arare (I Cor. 9:10). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Piscator ictus sapiet: The fisher striken wil be wise. A certaine fisherman, when he hadde brawten up his net, and began now to take in his handes the fishes which he had caught, chaunced to take up also a Scorpion, whiche forthwith strake him. Wel quoth he, now that I am striken, I wil beware. The English Proverbe is in this fashion pronounced, The brent childe fyer dredeth.

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Euripides, an anecdote about a defiant playwright!

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Milvus Aegrotans, a story about a bird who repents on his death-bed (this fable has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 531, Perdix, Gallus, et Venator, through Fable 540, Luscinia et Hirundo, including Luscinia et Accipiter, a story about a nightingale and a hawk who, unfortunately for the nightingale, wants food rather than entertainment.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is Mice in Council, the famous story of belling the cat.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ostreum et Mus, a fable in which a mouse plays a high price for his gourmandizing: Mus, penus regnator et mensae herilis arrosor, ostrea vidit, labris summis hiulca. Quibus teneram barbam suam apponens, mus falsa ossa momordit. Ast tacta, repente domum clauserunt et furem tenuerunt, carcere taetro deprensum, qui semet dederat in tumulum obscurum.

Greek Bible Art: Head of Goliath

The image shows David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio (source). This verse is from 1 Samuel 17:45.

κἀγὼ πορεύομαι πρὸς σὲ ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου σαβαωθ.
Ego autem venio ad te in nomine Domini exercituum.
I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts.

Greek Bible Art: Flight to Egypt

The image shows Rest on Flight to Egypt by Caravaggio (source). This verse is from Matthew 2:13.

φεῦγε εἰς αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἴσθι ἐκεῖ ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοι.
Fuge in Aegyptum, et esto ibi usque dum dicam tibi.
Flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word.