Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: August 11

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HODIE: ante diem tertium Idus Augustas

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Bubo canit lusciniae.
The owl is serenading the nightingale.

Et canis in somnis leporis vestigia latrat.
And the dog in his dreams bays at the rabbit's tracks.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Animus omnia vincit.
Courage conquers all things.




Fortunae cetera mando.
I leave the rest to Lady Luck.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Ursus, Leo, et Vulpes
Latin version and English version(s)

 Iuppiter et Vulpes
Latin version and English version

BOOKS ONLINE:

Oedipus, King of Thebes
translated by Gilbert Murray

The Story of Alexander
by Robert Steele