Cultural depictions of spiders of weaving. Eventually, she began to consider herself to be a greater weaver than the goddess Athena herself, and challenged the goddess to a weaving contest to prove her superior skill. Athena wove the scene of her victory over Poseidon that had earned her the patronage of Athens, while Arachne wove a tapestry featuring many episodes of infidelity among the Gods of Olympus, which angered Athena. The goddess conceded that Arachne's weaving was flawless, but she was infuriated by the mortal's pride. In a final moment of anger, Athena destroyed Arachne's tapestry and loom with her shuttle and cursed Arachne
Greek mythology in popular culture new character of this game is also focused in Greek Mythology such as Zeus, Athena, Perseus and Ares. Corporations have used images and concepts from Greek mythology in their logos and in specific advertisements. The wine Semeli is named after Semele, who was the mother of the god of wine Dionysus, drawing on the associations to give the product credibility. The sports apparel company Nike, Inc. is named after the Greek goddess of "victory". TriStar Pictures, "Readers Digest" and Mobil Oil have used the Pegasus as their corporate logos. In psychoanalytic theory, the term Oedipus complex, coined by Sigmund Freud,