Arachne and of the deal she makes with the collector's wife Lydia. Arachne In Greek mythology (and later Roman mythology), Arachne (; from "spider", cognate with Latin "araneus") was a talented mortal weaver who challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, to a weaving contest; this hubris resulted in her being transformed into a spider. There are many versions of the story's weaving contest, with each saying that one or the other won. Arachne was a Lydian maiden who was the daughter of Idmon of Colophon, who was a famous dyer in purple. She was credited to have invented linen cloth
Project Athena and extended it into the university's research and administrative divisions. the MIT campus had more than 1300 Athena workstations, and more than 6000 Athena users logged into the system daily. Athena is still used by many in the MIT community through the computer labs scattered around the campus. It is also now available for installation on personal computers, including laptops. Athena continues in use , providing a ubiquitous computing platform for education at MIT; plans are to continue its use indefinitely. Athena was designed to minimize the use of labor in its operation, in part through the use of (what