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| What is the connection between the way Athene was born to her exceptional intelligence? Use at least two details from the text. |
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| Athene was born from Zeus's head making her exceptionally smart. SHe taught man mathematics battle strategy and invented the plow and ax. She was prayed to by judges for wisdom, and from soldiers for battle strategy. She was the first person to make a quilt for Zeus. |
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| What are the positive conflicting aspects of Athene's personality? |
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| 1. SHe helped those who prayed to her. 2. She helped invent many things such as the loom, the ax, the plow, and the wheel. 3. She stated compassion is the best part of wisdom. |
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| what are the negative conflicting aspects of Athene's personality? |
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| 1. SHe was very jealous 2. She scared Arachne into killing herself 3. She had no mercy on Arachne 4. She enjoyed beating and humiliating Ares in battle |
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| What are the main differences between Arachne and Athene's entries in the weaving contest? use details from the text to support your answer. |
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| Arachne's entries contained happy scenes of a boy and girl falling in love and getting married. Athene's entries included horrifying scenes like the whole history of the g-ds, and the horrible future of man where man would be forced to build something so loathsome they could not even look at it. |
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| According to this myth, why are spiders called Arachnids? |
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| After Arachne was beat in the competition, she got scared and hung herself on a tree. Athene found her and used her magic to turn her into a spider so that Arachne could weave forever. After that spiders were called Arachnids after Arachne, the first spider. |
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