Greek

Myths
A GRADE 10
LESSON
PRESENTED BY

ERMELITO C.
SIDO, LPT
English 10 Subject Teacher
ARACHNE translated by Olivia
Coolidge
 CONTENT STANDARDS

The learner demonstrates understanding of how world

literature and other text types serve as ways of expressing and
resolving personal conflicts, also how to use strategies in
linking textual information, repairing, enhancing
communication public speaking, emphasis markers in
persuasive texts, different forms of modals, reflexive, and
intensive pronouns.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

The learner composes a short but powerful persuasive text

using a variety of persuasive techniques and devices
LEARNING COMPETENCIES with
LC code
● EN10LT-Ie-2.2: Explain how
the elements specific to a
genre contribute to the theme
of a particular literary
selection
EN10LT-Ie- 2.2.3: Determine
tone, mood, technique, and
purpose of the author.
 For this lesson, you are expected to:

 Draw generalizations and conclusions based on the material viewed compare new insights with
previous learnings.
 Give meanings of words through using dictionary and / or context clues.

 Explain how tone and mood contribute to the theme of the myth.

 Discuss dealing personal challenges.

 ““ It’s our ability to deal with the
challenges and not their absence
that gives us true glory, comfort, and
happiness in life.”

—Anonymous
VOCABULARY UNLOCK

For us to understand the reading

text we must first familiarize
certain words.
 When you think of myths, you can’t help but remember they
highlight significant truths about human experiences you can rely on
for you to understand yourself better.
Remember that they start from the examples of human desires,
intuitions, and motives that make them reliable, self-tested guides for
people who are following their destiny and searching for meaning in
life.
With these valuable ideas in mind, read “Arachne,” a myth
from Ancient Greece, translated by Olivia Coolidge. Find out how
human desires, intuitions, and motives lead to dealing with personal
challenges.
ARACHNE translated by Olivia
Coolidge
 Arachne was small and pale from much working. Her eyes were light and
her hair was a dusty brown, yet she was quick and graceful, and her fingers,
roughened as they were, went so fast that it was hard to follow their flickering
movements.

So soft and even was her thread, so fine her cloth,

so gorgeous her embroidery, that soon her products
were known all over Greece. No one had ever seen the
like of them before.
People came from far away to watch her. They
said that the goddess Athene must have taught
Arachne her great skill. But Arachne was very
proud and did not like people to think she
learned her skill from anyone else, even from a
goddess. She told them that Athene herself
could not weave cloth more beautiful than her
own. One day a poor old woman warned
Arachne that it was not wise to say that she was
better than one of the gods. The old woman told
Arachne that she should be satisfied to be the
best human spinner and
 One day a poor old
woman warned Arachne that it
was not wise to say that she
was better than one of the
gods. The old woman told
Arachne that she should be
satisfied to be the best human
spinner and weaver. But
Arachne was angry and yelled
at the old woman. She told her
that she had challenged Athene
to a spinning and weaving
contest, but Athene was not
brave enough to come. ♦
 “With my own ten fingers I
gained this skill, and by hard
practice from early morning till
night. I never had time to stand
looking as you people
do while another maiden worked.
Nor if I had, would I give Athene
credit because the girl was more
skillful than I.
“As for Athene’s weaving, how
could there be finer cloth
or more beautiful embroidery
than mine? If Athene herself
were to come down and
compete with me, she could do
no better than I.”
When Arachne turned round with such
words, an old woman answered her, a gray
old woman, bent and very poor, who stood
leaning on a staff and peering at Arachne
amid the crowd of onlookers
“Reckless
woman!..”
 “how dare you claim to
be equal to the immortal gods
themselves? I am an old
woman and have seen much.
Take my advice and ask
pardon of Athene for your
words. Rest content with your
fame of being the best spinner
and weaver that mortal eyes
have ever beheld!”
“Stupid old
woman,”
 “Who gave you a right to
speak in this way to me? It
is easy to see that you
were never good for
anything in your day,
or you would not come
here in poverty and rags to
gaze at my skill.
 If Athene resents
my words, let her answer
them herself. I have
challenged her to a contest,
but she, of course, would
not come. It is easy for the
gods to avoid matching their
skill with that of men.
 At these words the old woman threw down her staff and stood
erect. The wondering onlookers saw her grow tall and fair and stand
clad in long robes of dazzling white. They were terribly afraid as they
realized that they stood in the presence of Athene. Arachne herself
flushed red for a moment, for she had never really believed that the
goddess would hear her. ♦ ♦ ♦
 But Arachne was also
proud and stubborn, so she led
Athene to a loom where they
began their spinning and weaving
contest. Both of them created
beautiful cloth, but the goddess
moved faster.
 Athene wove a picture into her cloth as a warning to Arachne.
The picture showed the goddess in the middle. In the corners were
pictures of awful things that had happened to humans who had
challenged the gods. Athene finished weaving and stepped back. When
Arachne saw Athene’s picture, she became angry. In her own cloth she
created a picture of evil things the gods and goddesses had done in the
past.
Without a word both began to thread the long woolen strands that
hang from the rollers, and between which the shuttle moves back
and forth. Arachne had never thought of giving credit for her
success to her father’s skill in dyeing though in actual truth the
colors were as remarkable as the cloth itself.
 When the goddess
saw this insult glowing in
bright colors on Arachne’s
loom, she did not wait while
the cloth was judged, but
stepped forward, her gray
eyes blazing with anger, and
tore Arachne’s work across.
Then she struck Arachne
across the face…
 Arachne stood there a moment,
struggling with anger, fear, and pride. “I
will not live under this insult,” she cried,
and seizing the rope from the wall, she
made a noose and would have hanged
herself. The goddess touched the rope
and touched the maiden. “Live on,
wicked girl,” she said. “Live on and
spin, both you and your descendants.
When men look at you they may
remember that it is not wise to strive
with Athene.”
 Arachne’s body began to change. The people soon saw
a small dusty brown spider hanging on a thin thread. All
spiders come from Arachne. When Greeks saw spiders, they
remembered that it was not wise for humans to say they are
equal to the gods.
Right after the reading text, discuss the answers to these
questions:
1. Who is Arachne? What are her character traits shown in
the story?
2. What are Arachne’s talents? ?
3. Who is Athena? How did she cross paths with Arachne?
4. What did Athena do that made her mad to Arachne?
5. Was Arachne right for what she did to Arachne?
RIDDLE ME
The teacher will divide the class into two groups – the
boys and the girls. They will draw lots to see who will choose
numbers first which are posted on the board. Each of those
numbers have riddles to solve. The riddles will be read by the
first group to the opposing group. If the opposing group answers
the riddles correctly, they get the score and they will now take
turn in reading the riddles. This goes on until all the riddles have
been answered. The group with most points is the winner.
 What have you
learned from the
activities presented?
CHOOSE THE ENDING
How would you end
Arachne’s story? In your
notes, write down some
possible outcome of the
story.
 ASSESSMENT
Multiple choices : Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Arachne was the best weaver in the loom.
a. True b. False c. Uncertain
2. Who was the goddess of weaving
a. Aphrodite b. Hera c. Athena
3. Why does Athena disguise herself as an old woman?
a. To take Arachne by surprise.
b. To show Arachne she was better.
c. To get respect from Arachne
4. Why does Athena become angry at Arachne at the beginning of the story?
d. Arachne did not like here weaving ability.
e. Athena does not like her the way she brags
f. She insulted an old woman.
5. Many people who came to watch Arachne wondered if the goddess Atena had taught her to
weave. Arachne’s reaction to this wonderment suggests that she feels…
g. Angry b. Sad c. Confident
6. Why was Athena got angry at the progress she saw in Arachne’s loom.
a. She did not realize Arachne was so skilled.
b. The colors used were not her favorite colors.
c. The image she used were an insult to gods.

7. The character trait Arachne displayed.

d. Innocent b. Hardworking c. Arrogant

8. When Arachne and Athena compete, it is the story’s..

e. Rising Action b. Climax c. Introduction

9. Which illustration shows BEST match at the end of the story?

f. A picture of Athena
g. A picture of Arachne as a spider.
h. A picture of Arachne and Athena during the contest.

10. The story suggests that Arachne will be best remembered for…
i. Being punished for challenging a goddess to a contest. C. her insult to the old woman.
j. Her great weaving abilities.
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