person
Arachne
also: Idmonia
A Lydian weaver of humble birth who challenged Minerva to a contest of the loom and, when her flawless tapestry could not be faulted, was driven to suicide and transformed by the goddess into the first spider.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §6.125 Arachne
The Lydian weaver whose challenge to Minerva opens the book; her name became the Greek word for spider.