Early depictions of spiders tend to be sympathetic: Ovid’s account of Arachne, the virtuoso weaver changed into a spider by the goddess Minerva, suggests the exiled poet’s own plight (weaving ...

That something was the Greek myth of Arachne, a woman who beat Athena in a weaving contest, and was transformed into a spider by the jealous goddess. Avi Arad, Marvel’s chief creative officer ...

This connection stems from the ancient Greek myth of Arachne, the gifted weaver ... This ties into the cosmic web analogy, ...