Saturday, March 3, 2012

Round-Up: March 3

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.

HODIE: ante diem quintum Nonas Martias.

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Pauly's Anthologia poematum latinorum aevi recentioris and Glandorpius' Distichorum liber.

MYTHS & LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Pentheus; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.


TODAY'S DISTICHS & EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!

RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Castigans alium, Castigans alium, te castiga prius ipsum, / Ut, castigatus, sis castigare paratus; and Sit bonus interpres, Sit bonus interpres, nil mala verba nocent; / Sit malus interpres, nil bona verba docent.

CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Rebus in adversis, Rebus in adversis animum submittere noli; / Spem retine: spes una hominem nec morte relinquit; and Prospice, qui veniant, Prospice, qui veniant casus, hos esse ferendos: / Nam levius laedit, quidquid praevidimus ante.

MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Ut sapiant fatuae, Ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae, / o quam saepe petet vina piperque cocus! and Moechum Gellia non habet, Moechum Gellia non habet nisi unum; / Turpe est hoc magis: uxor est duorum.

OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are O Spes Fallaces! O res fallaces potius; spes vero fideles, / Quae vel ad extremum nos comitantur iter; and De Vita et Morte, Ad mortem sic vita fluit, velut ad mare flumen, / Vivere nam res est dulcis, amara mori.

ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Fato Prudentia Maior, Adverso sapiens fato prudentia maior; / Arte malum quisquis corrigit, ille sapit; and In Silentio Et Spe, Ornant mortales taciturna silentia sanctos; / Spes silet exspectans: danda brabea piis.

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Vetustate Relicta, Inveterata tua iam tandem crimina culpa / Exue, si rediet laeta iuventa tibi; and Nil Ultra Vires, Ne nimium imprudens teneris impone lacertis: / Et fortem sternunt pondera iniqua virum.


TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Deus ulciscetur (English: God will avenge).

3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Mihi solicitudo futuri (English: My concern is for the future).

ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Gallus in sterquilinio suo plurimum potest (English: A rooster in his dung heap can do a great deal).

POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Qui parce seminat, parce et metet (English: He who sows sparingly will likewise reap sparingly).

PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Lavare Peliam (English: Washing Pelias; from Adagia 2.10.56 - This was the deadly favor which Medea offered to teach the daughters of Pelias).

GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ὀυκ ἔστιν ἐν πολέμῳ δὶς ἁμαρτάνειν (English: You cannot err twice in war).

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Alexander Miser, an anecdote about the world-conqueror.

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Ursus, Leo, et Vulpes, in which the fox manages to outwit both the lion and the bear (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 521, Columbae et Nisus, through Fable 530, Perdices et Vespae, including Perdix et Galli, a story about getting along, or not getting along, with your housemates.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is Hot and Cold, the story of the satyr and his houseguest.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Camelus et Iuppiter, a story about a camel who wanted horns: Camelus, se despiciens, querebatur tauros ire geminis cornibus insignes, se inermem obiectum esse ceteris animalibus; orat Iovem cornua sibi donare. Iuppiter cameli stultitiam ridet; nec modo negat votum, verum et decurtat bestiae auriculas. Quisque sit contentus sua Fortuna; etenim multi, meliorem secuti, peiorem incurrere.

Camelus et Iuppiter - Osius