Arachne
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- “With my own ten fingers I gained this skill, and by hard practice from early morning till night. I never had time to stand looking as you people do while another maiden worked. Nor if I had, would I give Athena credit because the girl was more skillful than I. As for Athena’s weaving, how could there be finer cloth or more beautiful embroidery than mine?
- If Athena herself were to come down and compete with me, she could do no better than I.”
- *Without a word both began to thread the long woolen strands that hang from the rollers, and between which the shuttle moves back and forth.
- The goddess touched the rope and touched the maiden. “Live on, wicked girl,” she said. “Live on and spin, both you and your descendants. When men look at you they may remember that it is not wise to strive with Athena.” At that the body of Arachne shriveled up; and her legs grew tiny, spindly, and distorted. There before the eyes of the spectators hung a little dusty brown spider on a slender thread.
- Arachne was a girl who lived in Greece a long time ago. She was a very good weaver and spinner. She wove all sorts of beautiful pictures into her cloth, and people came from all around to see her beautiful cloth. People started to compare her to Athena, as Arachne replied saying that she is better than Athena. Athena was mad that Arachne would say that, and she challenged Arachne to a weaving contest. After Athena won, she turned Arachne into a spider.
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