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DZAV21 wrote: MBrody wrote:

DZAV21 wrote:

DarKingdomHearts wrote: I would like to see Arachne being the spider that Little Miss Muffet encountered.

Boy Athena was merciless, I'd sooner PO Hera before Athena.... Granted Arachne deserved it, Madusa didn't deserve what she got, but I guess since she couldn't punish Poseidon..... Actually, I think Medusa did deserve it more than Arachne. What she did in Athena's temple was disrespectful. Arachne's only crime was that she had too much of an ego; Athena cursed her more out of spite than anything else. Both received a curse worse than they probably deserved, but if one thing is clear from the myths, mortals always suffer worse than immortals. As someone earlier said, only gods like Hestia and Hades have never shown to be spiteful.

Woh Woh Woh Woh!.......... Poseidon RAPED Medusa at the feet of Athea's alter inside her temple. She was a gorgeous vigin priestiss who loved and dedicated her life to Athena. When Poseidon came to her, she fled for Athena's alter and begged the goddess to protect her but she never did because God's can't interfere with other gods. So Poseidon RAPED Medusa and Athena was so appalled she punished her by turning her into a gorgan... Don't be so certain about that. There are a lot of different versions of every single myhth, so it's hard to discover the "true" myth. Take Arachne for example. Some myths say she won the contest against Athena and was changed into a sipder out of envy. But I also heared versions in which Athena won, causing Arachne to hang herself out of shame. Athena then takes pity on her and changes her into a spider, thus giving her a second life in which she can also weave again. Going back on Medusa, I actually heard both versions too (one where she was a priestess and one where she was 'being disrespectful') It's exactly likeall the fairy tales we know and love. they changed a lot too since the first time they were told.