Ancient History/Greece/Minoan Civilization. The location of the island of Crete within modern Greece. The Minoans were a Bronze Age civilization that flourished on the Greek Aegean island of Crete from around 3000 to 1100 BCE.
The book describes Arachne as '...the greatest weaver in the worldâher fate's the proof of it. She had the bad luck to defeat the goddess Athena in a weaving contest. Athena was a sore loser, and Arachne is now a spider, creating only for Mommy Fortuna's Midnight Carnival, by special arrangement.
New arts and industries would spring up under the aegis of the local associations. In Homer he frequently appears on the field, like Ares and Athene, bearing the aegis to frighten the foe. She still wore the cestus of her ancient witchcraft; but the diadem of Juno was on her brow, and the aegis of Pallas in her hand.