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Athene spun a wheel to do a tapestry, competing with a mortal(called Arachne) who claimed she was better than Athene.
Arachne challenged Athena to a cloth weaving contest but , Arachne had evil thoughts and started weaving into her cloth images portraying the " evil " actions of the gods . Athene was infuriated , and destroyed Arachne ' s cloth , Arachne felt ashamed , and did not want to live another second in agony , so she tried to commit suicide , but Athena felt pity and changed her into a spider , and said that all her descendants would be spiders that will weave forever .
Arachne believed her weaving skills to be as good as Athena's. Athena heard about this and came down to challenge Arachne to a contest to see who could weave the better blanket/tapestry/piece of fabric. The story goes that Arachne's weaving was equal to that of Athena's, but the story that her piece depicted was offensive to the Gods and therefore Athena turned Arachne into a spider so that she could spend the rest of her days weaving webs.
After the weaving contest the goddess Athena slashed Arachne's face and Arachne turned into a spider. Because of this Arachne is normally depicted as a scarred weaver or a spider.
Athena wove the story of how she won the right to name the city of Athens over the god Poseidon.
The legend of Arachne was Greek, not Roman. She did not have a goddess who was her patron. She was challenged into a weaving contest by Athena because she claimed that her weaving skills were better than hers. This got Athena's annoyed. The Roman poet Ovid wrote a version of this Greek myth in which he used the name Pallas Athene, another Greek name for Athena. In his version, Arachne beat the goddess. Pallas Athene struck Arachne on the forehead three or four times. Arachne could not bear this and she hung herself. Pallas Athene brought her back to life, but, as a punishment, transformed her into a spider so that she and her descendants could spin spider webs. The Roman equivalent of Athena was Minerva.
The girl's name was Arachne.
Athene spun a wheel to do a tapestry, competing with a mortal(called Arachne) who claimed she was better than Athene.
Arachne challenged Athena to a cloth weaving contest but , Arachne had evil thoughts and started weaving into her cloth images portraying the " evil " actions of the gods . Athene was infuriated , and destroyed Arachne ' s cloth , Arachne felt ashamed , and did not want to live another second in agony , so she tried to commit suicide , but Athena felt pity and changed her into a spider , and said that all her descendants would be spiders that will weave forever .
Athena did not give Arachne a chance to repent, at least not in the version I know. According to my texts, Arachne was boastful until the end, and when beaten, rather than beg forgiveness, she chose to kill herself in shame. It could be argues that Athena's curse was merciful, since it meant that Arachne didn't die.
The climax of the story "Arachne" occurs when Arachne challenges Athena to a weaving contest and creates a tapestry that insults the gods. Athena then reveals herself and challenges Arachne to a contest of skill. After Arachne's tapestry surpasses Athena's in beauty, Athena transforms her into a spider out of anger.
The maiden that was changed into a spider after challenging goddess Athena to a weaving contest was Arachne.
Before and during the contest, she was in her house in the town of Lydia.
Arachne.
Arachne believed her weaving skills to be as good as Athena's. Athena heard about this and came down to challenge Arachne to a contest to see who could weave the better blanket/tapestry/piece of fabric. The story goes that Arachne's weaving was equal to that of Athena's, but the story that her piece depicted was offensive to the Gods and therefore Athena turned Arachne into a spider so that she could spend the rest of her days weaving webs.
Arachne believed her weaving skills to be as good as Athena's. Athena heard about this and came down to challenge Arachne to a contest to see who could weave the better blanket/tapestry/piece of fabric. The story goes that Arachne's weaving was equal to that of Athena's, but the story that her piece depicted was offensive to the Gods and therefore Athena turned Arachne into a spider so that she could spend the rest of her days weaving webs.
After the weaving contest the goddess Athena slashed Arachne's face and Arachne turned into a spider. Because of this Arachne is normally depicted as a scarred weaver or a spider.