Ancient History/Greece/Minoan Civilization. The location of the island of Crete within modern Greece. The Minoans were a Bronze Age civilization that flourished on the Greek Aegean island of Crete from around 3000 to 1100 BCE.
The book describes Arachne as '...the greatest weaver in the worldâher fate's the proof of it. She had the bad luck to defeat the goddess Athena in a weaving contest. Athena was a sore loser, and Arachne is now a spider, creating only for Mommy Fortuna's Midnight Carnival, by special arrangement.
Athena is not pleased when she hears of Arachne's boast. She comes to Arachne in the guise of an old women and suggests to Arachne that she take back her boasts or Athena might make her pay for them. Arachne just laughs and says If Athena is angry with me, let her come herself and challenge me to a weaving contest..