HODIE: ante diem quartum decimum Kalendas Ianuarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Seven Against Thebes; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Pulsanti aperietur (English: It will be opened to the one who knocks).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Citius, altius, fortius (English: Faster, higher, and stronger - the motto of the Olympics).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Praebet candoris lac nigri vacca coloris (English: The cow who is black proffers milk that is white).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Nolite iudicare secundum faciem (English: Don't judge based on appearances).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Sero sapiunt Phryges (English: The Phrygians get wise too late - the Phyrgians here are the Trojans who learned too late that they never should have let that wooden horse inside their walls; from Adagia 1.1.28).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Λύκος ποιμήν (English: The wolf as shepherd - something like putting the fox in charge of the hen house!).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Non Omnibus Annis. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here is today's proverbial lolcat:
TODAY'S FABLES AND SONGS:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Equus Circensis Molae Iugatus, the sad story of the aged racehorse (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Mulus et Equus, the story of a mule who learns that glory is not all it's cracked u to be.
LATIN HOLIDAY SONGS: The Latin holiday songs for today are: Tres Naves, a Latin version of "I Saw Three Ships," along with Quem Pastores Laudavere and also Fratres, en spectate, a Latin version of the Polish carol, "Bracia, patrzcie jeno!"
