MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Abduction of Persephone, and there are more images here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Recte faciendo securus (English: By acting rightly, no worries).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur (English: You shouldn't look at the teeth of the horse that's a gift).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Iustitia in sese virtutes continet omnes (English: Justice contains in itself all the virtues).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεὸς (we use the Latin version in English: Deus ex machina).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Damnun Alterius. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae.
There is no great genius without some madness mixed in.
Litteras disce.
Learn your letters.
TODAY'S FABLE:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una book is Testudo et Lepus, the famous story of the tortoise and the hare, with English versions here; you will also find the illustrations there which display in this animated gif:
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