HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Idus Iunias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Daedalus and Icarus; 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 Sua cuique voluptas (English: To each his own pleasure - and that includes cats too, of course; see below).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Sine labore non erit panis in ore (English: Without work there will be no bread in your mouth). 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: ecesse est minima maximorum esse initia (English: The beginnings of the biggest things cannot help but be small).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Boni pastoris est, tondere pecus, non deglubere (English: It's the task of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to flay them; from Adagia 3.7.12).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Quod Paravit Virtus, Retinebis. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Viatores et Pons, a funny story about an Athenian, a Corinthian, and a Boeotian (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Simia et Gemelli Eius, a story about the twin sons of the ape - one spoiled, and one not.
Greek Bible Art - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my Greek Bible Art graphics; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: ἐξ αἰγύπτου ἐκάλεσα τὸν υἱόν μου. Ex Aegypto vocavi filium meum. Out of Egypt have I called my son.
