HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Idus Augustas.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Castor and Pollux; 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: Spe expecto (English: In hope I wait).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Mente nihil celerius (English: Noting is more quick than thought)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Fortuna imperatrix mundi (English: Fortune is the empress of the world). 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: Cito ignominia fit superbi gloria (English: The glory of a boastful man soon turns to disgrace).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Cygnea cantio (English: The swan's song; from Adagia 1.2.55).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Fac Hodie. Click here for a full-sized view. I'm sharing these with English translations at Google+ now too.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Sedendo et quiescendo anima efficitur sapiens.
By sitting and resting, the soul is made wise.
Esto tua sorte contentus.
Be content with your lot in life.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Coclea et Iuppiter, the story of how the snail got her shell.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Mors et Pauper, the story of a man who thought he was ready to die (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Vulpes in Tugurium Ingressa, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
