Hers is a cautionary tale about pride that we can all learn from.According to the myth, Arachne was a very famous and talented weaver. %PDF-1.5 The Arachne is a creature from Greek mythology, whose name was later used for words like “arachnid” and “arachnophobia.” There’s very little to fear about the story of Arachne, however. If you were good at sports, cooking, or learning, you would thank the gods responsible for that.
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Athena may have been within her rights as a goddess to join the contest, but her reactions to Arachne show the different ways a god could use their power on a human. “You are too boastful and rude, Arachne. stream In this version, Athena wins. Not getting the hint, Arachne wove four scenes in which the gods punished and hurt humans without a good reason.To make the situation even more awkward, it is clear from the start that Arachne’s weaving is much better than Athena’s. Dies erzürnte die Olympierin derart, dass sie ihre sterbliche Konkurrentin schließlich in eine Webspinne verwandelte. Embarrassed and furious, Athena cursed Arachne. Ashamed by her actions, Arachne takes her own life. Whoever loses the contest has to promise they will never weave on a loom or a spindle ever again. This makes Athena bring her back to life and transform her into a spider, so she can always weave to her heart’s content.In another version of the myth, Arachne and Athena’s contest has a different stipulation. Ovid's version of a much older Greek myth explains the creation of spiders and why they are named arachne. 3 0 obj Praise was all she lived for, and it displeased her greatly that people should think anyone, even a goddess, could teach her anything. endobj Arachne does not show the proper respect for Athena as both a goddess and as the source of Arachne’s own talent.In Greek mythology, they believed that the gods and If you were good at playing music, you would give thanks to the god of music. Arachne’s change was just a bit more literal than how life changes usually happen.If you use any of the content on this page in your own work, please use the code below to cite this page as the source of the content. She accepted, hoping to put Arachne in her place and teach her respect.In some versions, Arachne’s constant boasting upsets Athena so much that she’s the one to make the challenge. <> Her cloths were also images of the gods, but they portrayed them as angry and foolish. Arachne (altgr. Everyone changes in their lives, and we don’t always end up who we think we should be. 2 0 obj Even if what she wove wasn’t very nice, it was obviously done well. This is how the Greeks explained why spiders are constantly spinning webs both to live in and trap their prey.Some versions of this myth end differently. Arachne in Greek mythology, was a Lydian woman, thought by some to be a princess, who was highly gifted in the art of weaving. Myth: Arachne and Athena Arachne was a girl who lived in Greece a long time ago. They are hard workers and carefully tend to their little homes.In the myth, Arachne can either be cursed to be a spider or is transformed into one by Athena’s powers.And even though we might think it’s not too fun to be a spider after being a human, we should focus on what it means to change. Even if spiders aren’t very nice to look at, they still serve a useful role in the bug kingdom and in our homes.
She wove all sorts of beautiful pictures into her cloth, and people came from all around to see her beautiful cloth.
They mostly keep to themselves, unless you go messing with their webs. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> She lived in an obscure little village, and her father was a humble dyer of wool. Ἀράχνη Aráchnē (Sg.f. endobj %���� endobj Arachne By Olivia E. Coolidge 2001 Olivia E. Coolidge (1908-2006) was a British-born American writer and educator.
Born to Idmon, a famous dyer in Lydia, Arachne was no ordinary weaver and the very act of her weaving was sheer magic and a sight to behold. Even though they had impressive powers, the Greek gods and goddesses could be very human in how they behaved.They got jealous and angry, or they were sentimental and easily motivated by feelings like compassion and love. One is respect, or the lack of it.
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