HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Idus Iunias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Rape of the Sabine Women; 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: Audax ero (English: I will be bold).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Quaevis terra patria (English: Any land at all is my home - a very "cosmopolitan" saying!)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Sapit qui reputat (English: He is wise who thinks twice). 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: Habet suum venenum blanda oratio (English: Sweet speech has its own venom).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Magis mutus quam pisces (English: More quiet than a fish - which would be very quiet indeed! - the saying is from Adagia 1.5.29).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Rex Populi Lux Animusque. Click here for a full-sized view; the poem has a vocabulary list and an English translation, too.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Vulpes et Uva, the famous story of the supposedly sour grapes (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Philosophus et Cucurbita, the marvelous story of the wise man and the pumpkin.
GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἄκουε τοῦ τέτταρα ὦτα ἔχοντος. Audi quatuor habentem aures. Listen to the one who has four ears.
