Illustration of Arachne by Gustave Doré, from the 1861 edition of Dante’s Inferno (Be advised, I briefly mention suicide as it occurs in this Greek myth) As a kid, I had a middle-grade book about Greek myths that I read over and over, and my favorite story was about Arachne. The book didn’t censor all the gritty details. Arachne’s is a bitter story that ends in suicide, but it’s also a story about women battling over their arts.
Athena and Arachne
Athena and Arachne
Athena and Arachne
Illustration of Arachne by Gustave Doré, from the 1861 edition of Dante’s Inferno (Be advised, I briefly mention suicide as it occurs in this Greek myth) As a kid, I had a middle-grade book about Greek myths that I read over and over, and my favorite story was about Arachne. The book didn’t censor all the gritty details. Arachne’s is a bitter story that ends in suicide, but it’s also a story about women battling over their arts.