Arachne
It has also been suggested that Jeremias Gotthelf's nineteenth century novella, "The Black Spider", was heavily influenced by the Arachne story from Ovid's "Metamorphoses". In the novella, a woman is turned into a venomous spider having reneged on a deal with the devil.
Spider-Island
The resistance flees to the ruins of Avengers Mansion. As part of their plan to defeat the Spider-Queen, Stregon reanimates dinosaur bones at the Museum of Natural History with his retro-generation ray, forcing the Queen to send forces to contain that threat. This distraction allows Agent Venom and the resistance to attack the Queen. After Agent Venom and Captain America knock her down, the members of the resistance argue whether to kill her. Before they can decide, the Spider-Queen evolves into a giant spider. Desperate to stop her, Flash recklessly attacks the Queen, using one of Spider-Man's Horizon-designed suits to protect him from the Queen's sonic scream. Flash is fatally injured in the attack, but the Venom symbiote survives long enough to latch onto the Queen and force her to crash onto the ground, where she is eaten by Stegron's reanimated dinosaurs. Following the Queen's death, most of the mutated humans regain their free will, with some choosing to remain spider-people while others accepting their new mutations. Peter is appointed the new 'Baron' of this region, and suggests that the domain be renamed either "Flash City" or "Thompsonville" in honor of his friend's sacrifice.