ARACHNE

Arachne, whose history we read, is neither a goddess nor a nobleman as the other heroes in this book. The heroine of our story, Arachne, is from the people, a lydische woman. But, as Sappho in her poem Arigonata mentioned, a beautiful and talented woman ... "In the moments that we experienced together, Yes, Arigonata, even the gods They were equal Register The other women too.

What has the beautiful Arachne, as one of the nation, in mythology to search? Your talent and their skill ... Arachne lydische is a beauty, their talent and skill at work at the hoop and the production of refined peaks. And "the other women mentioned the same gods." Even the nymphs left their game in the lonely mountain springs to you by the hand and watch their work with a lot of effort made to work. And they believed that the goddess Athena, the protector of the hand work, "her this skill without peers had a gift ... One day ask the beautiful nymphs Arachne beyond: To produce beautiful embroidery work, has sent you the goddess Athena taught?

Arachne, this simple, skilled Anatolian girl is surprised about this question: Athena? Who is this? Work on the hoop, the manufacture of lace made me Egeriya taught my mother before she died. I can even teach Athena this work. The Athena not know and then they do not take serious: this was a great debt ... Or also mentioned this girl, her remains Niobe, the gods the same?

The king of the gods, Zeus, became the first woman Selected it is the Metis, the goddess of wisdom, Metis knows most Of all the gods and people. But precisely because this should give birth goddess The Athena with the flashing eyes, as the Zeus, The advice of the earth and sky follow Your loving eyes betrayed and his wife Betäubt, and she took from her body. And Zeus took them out one day from his own head The cruel Athena with the flashing eyes, Those goddess, the whole world against aufhetzt The tire without the armies Senior, The fighting and war cries lovers, The highly elevated held goddess. "

According to the mythology heard "naturally" the goddess Athena the words of the selbstvergessenen lydischen girl. And one day she came in the clothes and the persona of an old woman Arachne and advised her:

My daughter, I am experienced as du Keep not large. You can not exceed more than mortal. But, with the creativity of a goddess, you can not be measured. You have, as I hear loose talk from the Athena. Compete not with her. If you have something done, ask for forgiveness. The goddess is merciful, they will tell you. Otherwise you will be harmed.

The Anatolian beautiful girls, Arachne, these words are not understood. She gave as an aged woman clad Athena following response: I consider myself anyone. Gar a goddess certainly not. But I trust my skill. If she wants, should they come from, the Athena. Let us leave it to a race at the hoop and at the peak production arrive. And, again according to mythology, the goddess Athena was "natural" whether this answer very erbost they took back to their glorious appearance with spear, shield and helmet and took the contest in this Anatolian girls, which itself had forgotten.

Athena edited on a cloth hoop with a picture ddes mountain Olympus and the gods. The beautiful Arachne, however, edited swan Zeus in the form of love with Leda. When the works were finished, the Athena erbost twice. The image of Zeus, the embroidered Arachne had schmähte the Zeus. Maybe this was just a pretext to punish Arachne ... Because she could at the Stickartbeit no miscarriage of Arachne.

Arachne, had had the nerve, with the goddess to engage in competition and a vollkommneres work ends as the "handiwork beschützenden goddess, as Athena, the work of the girl from the people and tore it. Arachne was proud of this Tort very sad and wanted to erhängen. This allowed the Götin not.

You will not die, but live. But since you have measured with me, you will change your life immerfort networks on a hanging forever, she said. They transformed it into a spider. Sun had a goddess of Hellenes in an Lydierin avenged because they had levied against them.

Arachne other hand, just like the poem of Sappho, Arigonata, still lives in the stories of gender. "Now Call the Lydierinnen Hang out with their folk songs of the evening. "