HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Nonas Ianuarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Venus and Pygmalion's Statue; 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 Tempus est optimus iudex (English: Time is the best judge). 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: Brevissima esto memoria iracundiae (English: Let your memory of an angry mood be as brief as possible).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Auribus lupum teneo (English: I'm holding the wolf by the ears; from Adagia 1.5.25 - the idea is that it's dangerous to hold on... and dangerous to let go!).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Vivo Ut Moriar. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Gallus et Fures, the story of a rooster caught by thieves.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Canis in Praesepe et Bos, the famous story of the dog in the manger (this fable has a vocabulary list).
