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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 287 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARACHNE , in See also:

Greek See also:mythology, the daughter of Idmon of See also:Colophon in See also:Lydia, a See also:dyer in See also:purple. She had acquired such skill in the See also:art of See also:weaving that she ventured to See also:challenge See also:Athena. While the goddess took as subjects her See also:quarrel with See also:Poseidon as to the naming and See also:possession of See also:Attica, and the warning examples of those who ventured to See also:pit themselves against the immortals, Arachne depicted the metamorphoses of the gods and their amorous adventures. Her See also:work was so perfect that Athena, enraged at being unable to find any blemish in it, toreit to pieces. Arachne hanged herself in despair; but the goddess out of pity loosened the rope, which became a cobweb, while Arachne herself was changed into a spider (See also:Ovid, Metam. vi. 5-145). The See also:story probably indicates the superiority of See also:Asia over See also:Greece in the textile arts.

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