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1. Arachne was the daughter of Idmon of Colophon, who was a famous wool dyer in Tyrian purple.
2. Arachne was the daughter of a famous dyer in Tyrian purple in Hypaipa of Lydia.
3. Arachne, a weaver turned spider in Greek mythology.
4. Arachne was a young woman from Lydia, sometimes said to be a princess, who offended Athena, and suffered the consequences.
5. Arachne is the Greek spider Goddess, who is the weaver of fate.
6. Arachne is a toolkit for distributed component-based software development.
7. Arachne is also the name of a free graphical web browser which has very low hardware requirements and runs on DOS and Linux.

Skill

1. Arachne scoffed and wished for a weaving contest, so she could prove her skill.

Titans

1. In the tv series Class of the Titans, Arachne had been transformed into a spider by Athena before death, and actually didn't even die.

Daughter

1. Bk VI:103-128. The daughter of Icarius, loved by Bacchus, and depicted by Arachne on her web.

Herself

1. Furious over the perfection of the girl's work, Athena tore it to shreds, and Arachne hanged herself in grief.

Contest

1. Athena was furious at her skill (the contest was never decided), and her choice of subject, and, with a touch, struck Arachne with terrific guilt.
2. In the front, the contest of Arachne and the goddess (the young and the old weaver).

Lydia

1. Arachne's name simply means spider (αράχνη). Arachne was the daughter of a famous dyer in Tyrian purple in Hypaipa of Lydia.

Tapestries

1. Athena tore Arachne's beautiful tapestries to pieces and Arachne hanged herself.

Tapestry

1. Finally losing her temper, Athena destroyed Arachne's tapestry and loom, striking it with her shuttle, Arachne realized her folly and hanged herself.

Zeus

1. Arachne wove the gods being idiots like Zeus would fall of Olympus.
2. But the subject matter of Arachne's tapestry offended her greatly for Arachne had depicted the amorous and adulterous adventures of Zeus, Athena's father.
3. This ability to change shape or form is a major development in the stories of Arachne, Zeus, and Daphne.

Spiders

1. Afterwords From arachne are derived the taxonomical class name Arachnida, and the name for fear of spiders, arachnophobia.

Spider

1. In some versions, the destruction of her loom leads Arachne to hang herself in despair; Athena takes pity on her, and transforms her into a spider.
2. In Class of the Titans, Arachne is a spider who makes a deal with Cronus to become human again.
3. Arachne: Maiden who challenged Athena to weaving contest; changed to spider.

Weavers

1. Athena turned the arrogant weaver into a spider, and Arachne and her descendants have since then been weavers that hang from threads—or so the story goes.

Weaver

1. Arachne In Greek mythology, Arachne was a Lydian woman who was so skillful a weaver that she challenged the goddess Athena to a contest.
2. Par. XI, 124–39. Arachne: In Greek mythology, a weaver who challenged Athena to a contest of skill.
3. Some fictional and mythological characters are related to spiders: Arachne, a weaver turned spider in Greek mythology.

Disguised

1. Athena appeared to her disguised as an old woman and told Arachne to repent for her hubris but Arachne instead challenged Athena to a contest.

Bk Vi

1. Bk VI:103-128. Arachne depicts how Jupiter lay with her disguised as a spotted snake.
2. Bk VI:103-128. Raped by Phoebus, disguised as a shepherd, and depicted by Arachne.
3. Bk VI:103-128. Arachne depicts how Jupiter lay with her as a shepherd.

Rape

1. Bk VI:103-128. Her rape by Jupiter disguised as a Satyr, is depicted by Arachne.
2. Bk VI:103-128. Her rape by Jupiter as a satyr depicted by Arachne.
3. Bk VI:103-128. Arachne depicts her rape by Jupiter in the form of a flame.

Athena

1. Athena wove a depiction of the conflict with Poseidon over Athens, while Arachne wove a depiction making fun of Zeus and his many wives.
2. Athena gave Arachne a chance to redeem herself by assuming the form of an old woman and warning Arachne not to offend the gods.
3. A woman named Arachne once boasted that she was a superior weaver to Athena, the goddess of weaving.

Arachne

1. Arukenimon was based on Arachne, the woman from Greek mythology who was turned into a spider by Athena as punishment for boasting of being a better weaver.
2. Arachne's name simply means "spider" (αράχνη). Arachne was the daughter of Idmon of Colophon, who was a famous dyer in Tyrian purple.
3. Arachne in Greek mythology, the daughter of Idmon of Colophon in Lydia, a dyer in purple.

Categories

1. Gods > Goddess > Greek Goddess > Athena
2. Bk Vi
3. Weaver
4. Colophon
5. Life > Animals > Spiders > Spider
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