Aracne es transformada en arana por Minerva · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Aracne es transformada en arana por Minerva
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Colophon; Turkey; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the goddess Minerva transforming Arachne, a skilled weaver, into a spider. Arachne is depicted in the top left corner in her transformed state as a spider sitting in a web. There is a loom knocked over behind Minerva. Arachne had claimed she was a better weaver and spinner than the goddess Minerva. Minerva, angered by this hubris, challenged Arachne to a weaving contest. After Minerva had won the contest, she transformed Arachne into the spider as a punishment.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24976
Language: spa
Source Name: 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]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1809)
Image: mta_24976_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Minerva; Arachne; Weaving; Hubris; Mythology; Gods; Goddesses