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Athena vs Arachne - What's the difference?

athena | arachne |

As proper nouns the difference between athena and arachne

is that athena is the goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva while Arachne is a woman famous for her skill at weaving. She was changed into a spider by the goddess Athena.

athena

English

(wikipedia Athena)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) Minerva, Artemis/Diana, Hestia/Vesta

    Derived terms

    * Athena Polias * Athens

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    arachne

    Translingual

    (Leptopus) (wikispecies)

    Proper noun

  • The genus .
    • Translingual taxonomic eponyms ----