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2007-03-05 13:20:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Athena, goddess of wisdom, was a proud and talented, young goddess. In times of peace, Athena taught Grecians about the arts. She herself was a skillful weaver and potter and always took pride in her pupils' work, as long as they respected her.
One of Athena's pupils was a maiden whose name was Arachne. Arachne was a poor, simple girl who lived in the country. Her father was a quiet man of humble birth. He dyed sheep's wool to earn money for a living. Arachne wove beautiful fabrics of delicate designs, and people began to comment to her that surely she had been taught by the goddess Athena. Arachne denied this and stated that she was certainly better than Athena and that she had learned little or nothing from Athena's teachings.
Soon Athena heard of the boastings of Arachne and decided to speak to her. Athena disguised herself as an old woman.
Suddenly, the disguise of the old woman was removed and there stood the radiant goddess Athena standing in front of Arachne. Athena accepted the contest challenge.
As the contest began, it was clear that the beauty of both Athena's and Arachne's tapestries were lovely. However, the goddess worked more quickly and skillfully. Arachne's attitude about her work showed that she felt her weaving was more lovely, but Athena felt it was an insult to the gods. This angered Arachne especially since Athena requested an apology. Arachne refused, and Athena slapped Arachne in the face. Almost instantly Arachne felt her head begin to shrink and her nimble fingers grow into long, thin legs. Athena had turned Arachne into a spider.
So it is said that all spiders have been punished for Arachne's boasting, since they are required to live within their own webs. Since then spiders have been called arachnids.
2007-03-05 19:55:17 · answer #1 · answered by ♥The ≈ μŊđīş¢¤vέřệÞ ≈ Me♥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arachne was a beautiful girl of poor origins. She made beautiful tapestries and became famous among the people nearby, that started comparing her work with Athena's. Arachne wasn't happy about this, she started claiming that her work was better than the goddess', that she was a better weaver and that she never needed any help from her. When this came to Athena's ears, she took offense. She disguised herself and went to Arachne's house to convince the girl to plead for forgiveness. " Ha, if Athena doesn't believe what I say then let her come and challenge me!" Arachne replied. They started weaving. Athena's weaving represented the gods punishing mortals for believing to be equal to the gods, while Arachne's represented Zeus multiple cheats and affairs with mortals. Athena destroyed Arachne's work and loom. The girl hanged herself in despair and the goddess, taking pity on her, touched her face and transformed her into a giant spider. All Spiders are believed to be children of Arachne.
2014-08-26 22:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by Byanca 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arachne was a very talented girl at weaving. Everybody praised her. The publicity got to her head and she bursted one day "I am so great at weaving, I am better then the Goddess Athene." Unfortunaully Athene heard this and stormed down to her house. When Arachne opened her door and saw the Goddesss looking befor her, she knew why she was there. Arachne went on her knees and begged for mercy. Athene felt bad for this girl and made a deal with here. "If you can beat me in a weaving contest, i shall not kill you." Arachne agreed to this, and went to the field where the contest was being held. Arachne went first. She went through much string (or yarn) and startied weaving and weaving. After she was done, there was a beautiful picture of the sun with a cloud (not sure about that one). The audiance ood and awed. Then it was Athene's turn. She grabbed a cloud and made that her material to weave with. She wove and wove and when she was finished, there was a picture with something with a cloud (not sure). The audianced teared up and clapped because her weaving was so beautiful. Knowing that she lost, Arachne ran into the woods and hung herself. Onvce Athena found the girl hunged, she felt bad for her. So Athena turned her into a spider, to forever weave a web.
2007-03-06 18:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by emily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are so many variations of the story, make up ur own
2007-03-05 23:05:06 · answer #4 · answered by catsluvlolo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
google it
2007-03-05 21:27:14 · answer #5 · answered by hollie z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The following are sites for Athena. They also give information
on other Greek gods, heros, and culture, and their Latin
counterparts:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/athena.html
(Perseus Encyclopedia)
http://www.moonspeaker.ca/Athena/athenamain.html
http://zero-point.tripod.com/pantheon/Athena.html
(analysis)
http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html
http://www.theoi.com/olympios/artemis.html
http://www.loggia.com/myth/athena.html
http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Athena.html
http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html
http://waltm.net/athena.htm
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Athena.html
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/Athena.html
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9010063/Athena
http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/greek_goddess_athena.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/p/Athena.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3449/athena.html
http://www.hranajanto.com/GoddessGallery/athena.html
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/atheneum/athene.html
http://www.athenasoft.org/sub/goddess.htm
http://www.elysiumgates.com/mt_olympus/histathena.html
http://www.ancient-empires.com/athena.html
http://www.uwm.edu/Course/mythology/0500/athena.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/cig/mythology/first-war-first-peace-athena.html
http://www.freewebs.com/adara/allaboutathena.htm
http://www.ascension-research.org/athena.html
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/bios/athene.html
http://web.uvic.ca/athena/bowman/myth/gods/athene_t.html
http://www.timetrips.co.uk/athena.htm
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~setareh/Athena.htm
http://groups.msn.com/kosmosgenesis/athena.msnw
http://www.goldenageproject.org.uk/237athena.html
http://www.columbia.edu/~jac34/athena.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112190/athena.htm
http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/themagazine/vol7/athena.shtml
(e-magazine)
http://www.rahoorkhuit.net/goddess/ancient_priestesses/goddess_of_the_sun.html
http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~greece~Athena.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/athena?method=22
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/athena/athena.html
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/goddess_weekly/62833
http://www.athena-divinewisdom.com/index.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/Athena.html
http://www.loggia.com/myth/galleryathena.html
http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html
http://deoxy.org/gaia/goddess.htm
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/MCL/Classics/Athena/Athena.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shrinetoathenapromachos/
(Encyclopedia)
www.pantheon.org
http://athena_mm.tripod.com/athena.htm
http://www.123helpme.com/assets/9012.html
(free essays)
http://www.noteaccess.com/APPROACHES/AGW/Athena.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/at/Athena.htm
(Columbia Encyclopedia, and others)
http://www.greekspider.com/greekgods/athena.htm
http://www.lycos.com/info/metis--athena.html
(LYCOS RETRIEVER)
http://www.gurupedia.com/a/at/athena.htm
http://www.themystica.com/mythical-folk/articles/athena.html
http://www.gaiadreaming.org/pellet/winter2001/5.pdf
http://www.lucaslearning.com/myth/pdf/athena.pdf
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Athena/athena.html
http://freespace.virgin.net/athesa.mills/athene1.htm
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/A/Athena.html
(encyclopedia)
http://www.world-mysteries.com/gw_rbjohnson.htm
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Athena
http://help.com/post/44587-i-need-a-speech-abou-athena-help
(ask for other help topics)
http://www.softassteel.com/myth/story5/
http://persephones.250free.com/athena.html
http://www.freeessays.cc/db/34/mci0.shtml
http://www.crystalinks.com/athena.html
http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Athena
(encyclopedia)
http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mythology/names/athena.htm
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/circle/articles/pantheon/athena.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/society/A0805189.html
(Atlas, Almanacs, Dictionary, Encyclopedia)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/athena
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=athena
http://www.in2greece.com/english/history
http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/
http://ancienthistory.about.com/
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology
http://www.loggia.com/myth
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
http://www.messagenet.com/myths
http://library.oakland.edu/information/people/personal/kraemer/edcm/index.html
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia
2007-03-07 06:29:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋