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The two competitors chose the subject of their tapestries with care: while Athena showed the twelve Olympian gods in hers, she wove in a little detail in each of the four corners, showing what happens to uppity mortals who think they can defy the gods.
7 lip 2020 · The goddess, although angry, was moved to pity by the girl’s suicide. She quickly saved Arachne moments before death. She did not let her go completely free, however. She doomed Arachne to dangle by a cord forever.
Athena's weaving represented four separate contests between mortals and the gods in which the gods punished mortals for setting themselves as equals of the gods. Arachne's weaving depicted ways that the gods, particularly Zeus, had misled and abused mortals, tricking, and seducing many women.
1 sie 2024 · Arachne challenged Athena to a weaving contest. Athena, in disguise, warned Arachne about pride. Arachne’s tapestry criticized the gods. Athena punished Arachne by turning her into a spider. Arachne’s story teaches about pride and respect for authority.
The offence to the gods. Arachne in Greek mythology, was a Lydian woman, thought by some to be a princess, who was highly gifted in the art of weaving. 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.
7 lis 2016 · Athena wove a depiction of the gods punishing mortals who got too uppity, while Arachne wove a depiction showing how the gods were jerks a lot of the time to mortals. Athena saw that not only was Arachne’s tapestry an insulting jab at the gods, it was also a much nicer work than hers.
Athena weaved four scenes in which the gods punished those humans that considered themselves equal to gods and committed hubris; Arachne, on the other hand, weaved scenes in which gods abused humans. Arachne’s work was clearly better than Athena’s; the goddess even more enraged due to what the weaving depicted, threw Hecate’s potion onto ...
