Talk:Arachne

Major problems with "In popular culture" section
The "In popular culture" section for this article is a complete bloated mess. I needs to be seriously whittled down, if not outright deleted altogether. This article should be much more focused on the actual myth of Arachne rather than popular culture references to it. The "In popular culture" section seems to make up nearly half the entire article, but is frightfully lacking in citations. Furthermore, most of these popular culture references are completely and totally irrelevant to the subject of the article. --Katolophyromai (talk) 21:15, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I will be deleting the parts of this section that I consider totally irrelevant right now. I will leave behind the other parts of the section that may still be salvageable. --Katolophyromai (talk) 21:17, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Influence
In the part 'Influence', it is said that the word 'Arachnids' comes from the name Arachne. However, the Ancient Greek word ἀράχνη (meaning spider) seems to have a Pre-Greek origin. It looks like the name Arachne comes from the word 'spider', instead of vice versa. Wikifan153 (talk) 09:08, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

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arachne 1st version 119.94.179.157 (talk) 16:38, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Different Interpretation?
Now I know that there were many versions of this tale as is Greek mythology, but I swore from what I read, Athena didn't turn Arachne into a spider out of pity. However, I believe I may be wrong BlobCatthe2nd (talk) 11:47, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Confusion regarding naming conventions and origin of the myth
The article text is clear that the earliest surviving account comes from Ovid, and the other surviving accounts also some to come from other Roman/Latin sources, but it refers to it as an example of “Greek mythology” and refers to the deity in the story as “Athena.”

If the principal authors were Romans writing in Latin, I suspect the deity they were referring to is actually “Minerva” and we’re really talking about Roman mythology. There is a strong syncretic tradition within Roman society to treat them as analogues, but I think the best practice would be to maintain the distinction unless I’m mistaken. JagKun (talk) 17:24, 19 March 2024 (UTC)