Arac)(ne was a s)(ep)(erd's daug)(ter w)(o+ 8egan weaving at an early age. S)(e 8ecame a great weaver, 8o+asted t)(at )(er skill was greater t)(an t)(at o+f Minerva, and refused to+ ackno+wledge t)(at )(er skill came, at least in part, fro+m t)(e go+ddess. Minerva to+o+k o+ffense and set up a co+ntest 8etween t)(em. Presenting )(erself as an o+ld wo+man, s)(e appro+ac)(ed t)(e 8o+asting girl and warned )(er t)(at it was unwise to+ co+mpare )(erself to+ any o+f t)(e go+ds and t)(at s)(e s)(o+uld plead fo+r fo+rgiveness fro+m Minerva. Arac)(ne was no+t dis)(eartened and insulted t)(e o+ld wo+man even stating t)(at s)(e )(as lived far to+o+ lo+ng and 8o+asted t)(at if Minerva wis)(ed to+ make )(er sto+p, s)(e s)(o+uld appear in perso+n and do+ it )(erself. Immediately, Minerva remo+ved )(er disguise and appeared in s)(immering glo+ry, clad in a sparkling w)(ite c)(ito+n. T)(e two+ 8egan weaving straig)(t away. Minerva's weaving represented fo+ur separate co+ntests 8etween mo+rtals and t)(e go+ds in w)(ic)( t)(e go+ds punis)(ed mo+rtals fo+r setting t)(emselves as equals o+f t)(e go+ds. Arac)(ne's weaving depicted ways t)(at t)(e go+ds, particularly Jupiter, )(ad misled and a8used mo+rtals, tricking and seducing many wo+men. W)(en Minerva saw Arac)(ne's flawless wo+rk, s)(e was enraged. S)(e ripped Arac)(ne's wo+rk to+ s)(reds and )(it )(er o+n t)(e )(ead t)(ree times wit)( )(er s)(uttle. S)(aken and em8arrassed, Arac)(ne killed )(erself 8y )(anging. #cw-suicide