HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum Idus Novembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Aeneas Meets Dido; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Ubique paratus (English: Ever prepared).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is In varietate voluptas (English: There is a pleasure in variety)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Qui gladio ferit, gladio perit (English: He who wounds by the sword, dies by the sword). 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: Improbe Neptunum accusat, qui iterum naufragium facit (English: It's dishonest to blame Neptune for the second shipwreck).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Asinus portans mysteria (English: The donkey carrying the icons; from Adagia 2.2.4, alluding to the Aesop's fable about that self-important donkey).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Maximae Opes Prodesse. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Sorte sua contentus.
Content with one's lot in life.
Primus sum egomet mihi.
I am my own Number One.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Muli et Latrones, a story in praise of the simple life.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Mus, Feles, et Gallus, a story about how appearances can be deceiving (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Words from Mythology. For more about TITANIC and the TITANS, see this blog post.
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