HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum Idus Augustas.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Pasiphae and the Minotaur, and there are more images here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Sapiens dominabitur astris (English: A wise person will master the stars).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Stet fortuna domus (English: May this house be prosperous).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Mortis linque metus, si tu vis vivere laetus (English: Put aside any fears of death, if you want to live happily).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Usque ad mortem certa pro iustitia (Sirach 4:28). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Spes Proxima. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Claude os, aperi oculos.
Close your mouth; open your eyes.
Tu dormis et tempus ambulat.
You are sleeping and time walks on.
TODAY'S FABLE:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una book is Mus et Leo, a fable of gratitude, with English versions here; you will also find the illustrations there which display in this animated gif:
And here is Latin LOLBaby (Enzo) with a fun blog post: Ubi libertas, ibi patria.
