That is definitely a matter of opinion.
Athena turned Arachne into a spider.
No, Athena turned Arachne into a spider after she hanged herself.
The maiden that was changed into a spider after challenging goddess Athena to a weaving contest was Arachne.
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 was not turned into a spider. In Greek mythology, Athena is the goddess of wisdom, courage, and war, and she is typically associated with the owl. The story of Arachne involves a weaving contest between her and Athena, where Arachne was transformed into a spider for challenging the gods.
Athena, when she faced Arachne in a weaving contest and Athena was jealous and furious with Arachne so she turned her into a spider.
Arachne was a girl who bragged that her weaving was better than the Greek gods. So she was turned into a spider.
Minerva challenged Arachne. Arachne won; Minerva was jealous so she turned her into a spider.
Arachne said she was a better weaver than even Athena, and challenged her.
She was turned into the first spider, so she explains spiders.
Spiders because Arachne challenged Athena to a weaving competion (Athena is the goddess of weaving as well) Athena got mad and turned Arachne in to a Spider.
She beat Athena, goddess of the domestic arts, in a weaving competition and boasted about it. Athena took her vengeance by turning the mortal Arachne into a spider, but granted her the ability to keep weaving beautiful silken webs.