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The Myth of Arachne and Athena: Arachne the Spinner
The story of Arachne the spinner, the Greek myth of how Arachne became a spider, with beautiful illustrations.
15 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 29, 2013
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Ovid
2,824 books1,594 followersPublius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BCE – CE 17/18), known as Ovid (/ˈɒvɪd/) in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet best known for the Metamorphoses, a 15-book continuous mythological narrative written in the meter of epic, and for collections of love poetry in elegiac couplets, especially the Amores ("Love Affairs") and Ars Amatoria ("Art of Love"). His poetry was much imitated during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and greatly influenced Western art and literature. The Metamorphoses remains one of the most important sources of classical mythology.
Ovid is traditionally ranked alongside Virgil and Horace, his older contemporaries, as one of the three canonic poets of Latin literature. He was the first major Roman poet to begin his career during the reign of Augustus, and the Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity, but in one of the mysteries of literary history he was sent by Augustus into exile in a remote province on the Black Sea, where he remained until his death. Ovid himself attributes his exile to carmen et error, "a poem and a mistake", but his discretion in discussing the causes has resulted in much speculation among scholars.
Ovid's prolific poetry includes the Heroides, a collection of verse epistles written as by mythological heroines to the lovers who abandoned them; the Fasti, an incomplete six-book exploration of Roman religion with a calendar structure; and the Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto, two collections of elegies in the form of complaining letters from his exile. His shorter works include the Remedia Amoris ("Cure for Love"), the curse-poem Ibis, and an advice poem on women's cosmetics. He wrote a lost tragedy, Medea, and mentions that some of his other works were adapted for staged performance.
See also Ovide.
Ovid is traditionally ranked alongside Virgil and Horace, his older contemporaries, as one of the three canonic poets of Latin literature. He was the first major Roman poet to begin his career during the reign of Augustus, and the Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity, but in one of the mysteries of literary history he was sent by Augustus into exile in a remote province on the Black Sea, where he remained until his death. Ovid himself attributes his exile to carmen et error, "a poem and a mistake", but his discretion in discussing the causes has resulted in much speculation among scholars.
Ovid's prolific poetry includes the Heroides, a collection of verse epistles written as by mythological heroines to the lovers who abandoned them; the Fasti, an incomplete six-book exploration of Roman religion with a calendar structure; and the Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto, two collections of elegies in the form of complaining letters from his exile. His shorter works include the Remedia Amoris ("Cure for Love"), the curse-poem Ibis, and an advice poem on women's cosmetics. He wrote a lost tragedy, Medea, and mentions that some of his other works were adapted for staged performance.
See also Ovide.
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March 20, 2020Target Audience: 6-12
This classic myth tells the tale of Arachne, a very talented weaver who could spin thin thread into beautiful tapestries. However, Arachne was not humble. Instead, she would boast of her talents and claim that her gift was all because of her. Due to her bragging and her denial of the gods providing her with any of her talents, the Goddess Athena challenges her to a weave-off. However, upon seeing that Arachne indeed is the better weaver and spun images insulting the gods, Athena turns Arachne into an eight-legged creature doomed to spin for the rest of eternity. This classic myth stresses the importance of humility and grace. The illustrations by Frustaci use a simple color pallet that really emphasizes red as the main color that draws the attention. A good read.
This classic myth tells the tale of Arachne, a very talented weaver who could spin thin thread into beautiful tapestries. However, Arachne was not humble. Instead, she would boast of her talents and claim that her gift was all because of her. Due to her bragging and her denial of the gods providing her with any of her talents, the Goddess Athena challenges her to a weave-off. However, upon seeing that Arachne indeed is the better weaver and spun images insulting the gods, Athena turns Arachne into an eight-legged creature doomed to spin for the rest of eternity. This classic myth stresses the importance of humility and grace. The illustrations by Frustaci use a simple color pallet that really emphasizes red as the main color that draws the attention. A good read.
November 3, 2021
A review Greek Gods Class members loved
Just really liked this story! It has a good lesson about thinking you’re better than a god. The illustrations were nice too, they showed lots of style.
Just really liked this story! It has a good lesson about thinking you’re better than a god. The illustrations were nice too, they showed lots of style.
April 22, 2024
Read along with Stephen R. C. Hicks' excellent commentary that can be found on his Youtube channel "CEE Video Channel."
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October 23, 2015interesting! i realy love greek and roman mythology
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