HODIE: ante diem quartum decimum Kalendas Martias. You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.
TODAY'S FABLES: Here are today's fables from the Ictibus Felicibus project. These fables ALL have long marks, plus stress marks for easy reading, and the poems have meter marks, too, along with an easy-to-read prose presentation of the story:
- Vulpis et Canis, a story about the fox and the dog and "doing unto others."
- Aesopus et Scriptor, a funny story about Aesop's very good practical advice to a very bad writer.
- Cochlea, a story about some snails, and the poor dog who mistook them for eggs!
- Hinnuleus et Cervus, the story of heart-to-heart between the stag and his son.
- Asinus et Herus Ingratus, the sad story of a donkey and his heartless master.
Quīdam scrīpta mala Aesōpō recitārat, in quīs multum sē iactāverat, ineptē. Cupiēns ergō scīre quidnam senex sentīret, inquit: "Numquid tibi superbior vīsus sum?" Nōbīs ingenī fīdūcia haud vāna est." Ille, pessimō volūmine cōnfectus, inquit: "Ego vehementer probō quod tē laudās; namque hōc numquam tibi contiget ab aliō."TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS: You can get access to ALL the "proverb of the day scripts" (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.
Tiny Mottoes: Today's tiny motto is: Perduret probitas (English: May honesty endure - although the Latin has the allure of alliteration).
3-Word Proverbs Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Iuniores ad labores (English: Let the young ones get to work - and here the Latin rhymes!)
Audio Latin Proverb: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nummis potior amicus in periculis (English: A friend is preferable to cash in times of trouble). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Iratus, cum ad se rediit, sibi tum irascitur (English: When an angry person comes to his senses, he gets angry at himself).
Animal Proverb from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Asini caput ne laves nitro (English: Don't wash the donkey's head with soap - simply because it's a waste of soap; from Adagia 3.3.39).
For an image today, here is an illustration for the story of Aesop and the writer, Aesopus et Scriptor - it's Lawrence Alma-Tadema's painting of a Roman writer:
