When did spiders and their webs first start appearing as motifs in paintings and prints? Who was the inspiration for Spider-Man?
Arachne
Rich in wordplay, this story is almost unique to Ovid. It was oddly prescient of his own later banishment too.
There have been four different readings of this well-known painting. Does any of them work, or should we look to a different account?
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