Athena Parthenos. Standing tall in the city’s full-scale Parthenon, she’s more than a sculpture; she’s a symbol of civic ...

Relegating explanatory information to an appendix, the poet presumes a certain familiarity with the myth: Athena, the patron goddess of weaving, punishes Arachne for her hubristic pride in her ...

Ovid's Metamorphoses speaks of the orb-weavers, said to be descendants of Arachne, a figure in Greek mythology who wove beautiful tapestries and dared to challenge Athena to a weaving contest.

The ancient Greek poet Ovid spun the tale of a young woman named Arachne, who boasted that she could weave as well as the goddess Athena. After a weaving contest between mortal and goddess ...

“Now, scholars, students and visitors will be able to study the statue of Athena closely and interpret it from many perspectives, including those of art history, restoration practices and gender ...

They are embodied in a sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena, which is to be unveiled Friday at 8:30 a.m. "It's a unique sculpture for a unique community," said Councilman Mark Landman ...

Spinning atop a suspended six foot arrow and swinging on the intricate arms of the standing sculpture below, Mara, Andrea and Sharon blend their personal stories with the myth of Demeter and ...

When Arachne the weaver is punished by Athena for her hubris as an artist, manifested dramatically in her mocking depiction of the deities in her tapestries, she hangs herself from a tree. At the ...