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Phalanx (Ancient Greek: Φάλαγξ, romanized: Phálanx, lit. 'spider') is a minor Attic figure in Greek mythology who features in a lesser-known narrative of the myth of Arachne, the girl who enraged the goddess Athena by boasting of being a better weaver than her and was thus transformed into a spider by Athena.
The Greek "arachne" (αράχνη) means "spider", [14] [15] and is the origin of Arachnida, the spiders' taxonomic class. [16] Arachne depicted as a half-spider half-human in Gustave Doré's illustration for an 1868 edition of Dante's Purgatorio. This myth tells of Arachne, the daughter of a famous Tyrian purple wool dyer in Hypaepa of Lydia ...
Arachne (/ ə ˈ r æ k n iː /; from Ancient Greek: Ἀράχνη, romanized: Arákhnē, lit. 'spider', cognate with Latin araneus ) [ 1 ] is the protagonist of a tale in Greek mythology known primarily from the version told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), which is the earliest extant source for the story. [ 2 ]
Arachne ("spider") Spider: Athena: Arachne was a Lydian girl noted for her talent in weaving. When she bragged of being a better weaver than Athena herself, the goddess challenged her. In their contest, Arachne drew various instances of gods seducing mortal women, which enraged Athena, who then proceeded to beat Arachne.
Drider – Half-Drow half-spider, a "monster that looks like a centaur only with the bottom half of a spider instead of a horse." [20] Gnoll – Vicious hybrid with human-like body and hyena-like head. It debuted in Dungeons & Dragons and then spread to other franchises including Warcraft and Pathfinder.
Because of their unfamiliar spider-like appearance and rapid movements, Solifugae have startled or even frightened many people. This fear was sufficient to drive a family from their home in August 2008 when one was allegedly discovered in a soldier's house in Colchester, England , and caused the family to blame the solifuge for the death of ...
A spider with an alien-like face on its back was spotted by a woman in her house in southern China. The bizarre video, shot in Yuanjiang city in Hunan province on July 9, shows a green spider with ...
Arachne (portrayed by Josephine Davison) - A half-woman, half-spider creature. In this show, Arachne was once a queen who didn't want her daughter to upstage her beauty and had her drowned in the ocean. Zeus turned her into a half-woman half-spider creature and banished her to a deserted island in the Charybdian Sea.