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
Athena (Andreadis) Athena (Andreadis) Athena Andreadis is an Anglo-Greek musician, singer and songwriter born in London to Greek parents. In 2008, she was featured in a British television documentary called ATHENA: MY MUSIC . Athena and her family moved back to Greece when she was three, she grew up in Thessaloniki and moved back to the UK when she was 18. Her passion for music and singing from an early as well as writing and acting won her awards at school (Anatolia, American College of Thessaloniki) for both poetry and prose, acting and singing in bands, but was urged by her family