<P> Arachne acknowledged Athena's triumph, but despaired at the loss of her craft . Athena saw that Arachne could not live if she could not weave, so she touched Arachne with the tip of her spear, turning her into a spider so she could weave without spindle or loom . </P> <P> In this version of the myth, Arachne was a blessed weaver of Greece . People asked her if she had been taught weaving by Athena herself, the goddess of wisdom . Although this was meant as a compliment, Arachne became angry . She thought that her skill was greater than the goddess's . Hearing of her attitude, Athena appeared on her doorway disguised as an old woman in a dark cloak . She asked her to respect the gods and goddesses, but Arachne just laughed, and said that even if Athena herself challenged her, it would be an easy win . Athena then revealed herself and challenged Arachne to a competition . The loser would promise never to weave again . </P> <P> Athena wove a tapestry of the people of Greece, with Poseidon and Athena over them, deciding whose name should be given to the city of Athens . Arachne wove a tapestry about Zeus, and his seduction of Europa and others . Athena saw that although Arachne had insulted the gods, her work was so beautiful that Athena herself was awed . She realized that Arachne couldn't live without weaving . To make Arachne realize her mistake and also to teach her to respect the gods and their works, she touched Arachne's forehead with the tip of her hand . The magic worked only partially, filling Arachne with guilt for her insolence, and she hanged herself . Out of pity, Athena brought Arachne back to life as a spider, so that she and her descendants could weave all their lives . </P> <P> The taxonomical class name Arachnida and the name for spiders in many romance languages are both derived from arachne . </P>

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