HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Kalendas Iunias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Hector and Paris; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Mirandum naturae opus (English: We should marvel at the works of nature).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Mors omnia aequat (English: Death makes all things equal).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Post res saepe dies piscis vilescit et hospes (English: Often after three days the fish begins to stink, as does the houseguest).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Veritas liberabit vos (John 8:32). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Canis vindictam: A dogge hath a day. There is none so vile nor simple a person, but at one time or other may avenge him self of wronges done unto him. Wherfore it is a wise mans part to contemne no man.
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Divitiis Utamur ut Oportet. 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 Asinus Res Sacras Portans, the story of a self-important donkey (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Serpentis Cauda, the story of what happened when the snake's tail wanted to be in charge.
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: Ἀετὸν κορώνη ἐρεσχελεῖ. Aquilam cornix lacessit. The crow is taunting the eagle.
