Editing Arachne (section)

==== The tapestries ====
Athena wove a tapestry with themes of hubris being punished by the gods, as a warning to Arachne against what she was doing, in each of its four corners. Those were Hera and Zeus transforming [[Rhodope (mythology)|Rhodope]] and [[Haemus]] into the eponymous mountain ranges, Hera transforming Queen [[Gerana]] into a crane for daring to boast of being more beautiful than the queen of the gods, Hera again turning [[Antigone of Troy]] into a stork for competing with her, and finally [[Cinyras]]' daughter being petrified. Those four tales surrounded the central one, which was Athena and [[Poseidon]]'s dispute on the [[areopagus]] over which would receive the city of [[Athens]]; Athena offered an olive tree, and Poseidon a saltwater spring (the Athenians eventually chose Athena). Finally, the goddess surrounded the outer edges with olive wreaths.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 6.70-102</ref>

Arachne meanwhile chose to include several tales of male gods tricking and deceiving women by assuming other forms instead of their own. She depicted Zeus transformed into: a bull for [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]], an eagle for [[Asteria]], a swan for [[Leda (mythology)|Leda]], a satyr for [[Antiope (mother of Amphion)|Antiope]], [[Amphitryon]] for [[Alcmene]], golden shower for [[Danaë]], flame for [[Aegina (mythology)|Aegina]], a shepherd for [[Mnemosyne]], and a snake for [[Persephone]]. Poseidon transformed into a bull for [[Canace]], [[Enipeus (mythology)|Enipeus]] for [[Iphimedeia]],{{efn|Usually, Poseidon was said to have taken the form of Enipeus to trick [[Tyro]] (who also had twins), not Iphimedeia.}} a ram for [[Theophane]], a horse for [[Demeter]], a bird for [[Medusa]], and a dolphin for [[Melantho]]. [[Apollo]] transformed into a shepherd for Issa, and further as a countryman, a hawk, and a lion on three more obscure occasions, [[Dionysus]] as 'delusive grapes' for [[Erigone (daughter of Icarius)|Erigone]], and finally [[Cronus]] as a horse for [[Philyra (Oceanid)|Philyra]]. The outer edge of the tapestry had flowers interwoven with entangled ivy.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 6.103-128</ref>