HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem nonum Kalendas Augustas.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Head of Orpheus, and there are more images here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Iuncti valemus (English: Joined together, we are strong).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Post acerba prudentior (English: After bitter experiences, more wise)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is In pratis ut flos, sic perit omnis honos (English: As a flower in the fields, thus public esteem passes away). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Citius elephantum sub ala celes (English: You'd more quickly hide an elephant under your arm; from Adagia 2.5.56).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Ne Sis Ventosus. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Surgite; lumen adest.
Get up: it's light.
Scienter utor.
I wield it wisely.
TODAY'S FABLE:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una book is Ciconia et Vulpecula, a story of turn-about is fairy play, with English versions here; you will also find the illustrations there which display in this animated gif:
