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Title
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Orgullo de Aracne
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Description
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This image refers to the story of Arachne and Minerva. Arachne was a skilled weaver and she said that she was a better weaver than the goddess Minerva. Minerva, angered by the hubris spoken against her, challenged Arachne to a weaving contest. When Minerva won the contest, she transformed Arachne into a spider. This image depicts the transformed Arachne in the shape of a spider on a web. There are also cloths with embroideries on them to show the importance of weaving and spinning in this tale.
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Image Creator
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D. José Assensio (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:24975
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Source Name
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Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
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Image
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mta_24975_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Minerva
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Arachne
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Weaving
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Hubris
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Mythology
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Transformation
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Spiders