HODIE (Roman Calendar): antediem octavum Idus Ianuarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Odysseus and the Suitors; 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: Depressus extollor (English: Pushed down, I rise up).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Senectus vitae hiems (English: Old age is the winter of life)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Animum debes mutare, non caelum (English: You should change your state of mind, not the sky). 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: Malefacere qui vult, numquam non causam invenit (English: Someone who wants to do wrong never fails to find a reason).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Equi dentes inspicere donati (English: To look a gift horse in the mouth; from Adagia 4.5.24).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Legisse Parum Est. Click here for a full-sized view; the poem has a vocabulary list and an English translation, too.
And here is today's proverbial lolcat:
TODAY'S FABLES AND SONGS:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Harundo et Quercus, a story in favor of flexibility (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Rana et Leo, a story of how audible appearances can be deceiving.
