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According to Greek myth, the origin of spiders can be traced back to a talented weaver named Arachne, whose tapestries were ...
The legend of Arachne, the wonderful weaver. Suryakumari Dennison tells the story of a Greek girl gifted in embroidery, and how war with Athena, the goddess of craft, led to her downfall.
World Premiere Greek Myth Children's Play ARACHNE To Have Staged Reading At Traveling Players . Audiences can get an early taste of what's to come on Saturday, May 10 at Traveling Players Studio.
Arachne Speaks Kate Hovey. Margaret K. McElderry Books, $17.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-689-82901-7 ...
Instead, she became deeply engrossed in the tale of Arachne, the mythological weaver-turned-spider who challenged the goddess Athena to a duel of the looms, and whose fate was a point of ...
At the point of death, Athena condemns Arachne to an eternity as a spider. Canadian artist Blair Drawson’s illustrations echo the sombre tone of the myth. Arachne’s expressions are almost invariably ...
“Is it arrogance to speak truth?” asks Arachne, a mortal woman with an extraordinary talent for weaving and the titular heroine of Judith Walsh White's new children's play.