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Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.1-6.80


nanAll this Minerva heard; and she approved


Praebuerat dictis Tritonia talibus auresAll this Minerva heard; and she approved


Occiderat mater; sed et haec de plebe suoquewon by the art of deftly weaving wool


aequa viro fuerat. Lydas tamen illa per urbesa girl who had not fame for place of birth


quaesierat studio nomen memorabile, quamvisnor fame for birth, but only fame for skill!
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Huius ut adspicerent opus admirabile, saepein Colophon ; where, at his humble trade


deseruere sui nymphae vineta Timolihe dyed in Phocean purples, fleecy wool.


deseruere suas nymphae Pactolides undas.Her mother, also of the lower class


Nec factas solum vestes spectare iuvabat;had died. Arachne in a mountain town


tum quoque, cum fierent: tantus decor adfuit arti.by skill had grown so famous in the Land


Sive rudem primos lanam glomerabat in orbesof Lydia , that unnumbered curious nymph


carminaque Aonidum iustamque probaverat iram.their songs and their resentment; but her heart


seu digitis subigebat opus repetitaque longoeager to witness her dexterity


vellera mollibat nebulas aequantia tractudeserted the lush vineyards of Timolus;


sive levi teretem versabat pollice fusumor even left the cool and flowing stream


seu pingebat acu, scires a Pallade doctam.of bright Pactolus, to admire the cloth


Quod tamen ipsa negat, tantaque offensa magistraor to observe her deftly spinning wool.
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Pallas anum simulat falsosque in tempora canoswas twisting the coarse wool in little balls


addit et infirmos, baculo quos sustinet, artus.or if she teased it with her finger-tips


Tum sic orsa loqui: “Non omnia grandior aetasor if she softened the fine fleece, drawn forth


quae fugiamus, habet: seris venit usus ab annis.in misty films, or if she twirled the smooth


Tum secum “laudare parum est; laudemur et ipsaewas brooding thus, “It is an easy thing


Consilium ne sperne meum. Tibi fama petaturround spindle with her energetic thumb


inter mortales faciendae maxima lanae:or if with needle she embroidered cloth;—
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supplice voce roga: veniam dabit illa roganti.”how much Minerva had instructed her:


Adspicit hanc torvis inceptaque fila relinquitbut this she ever would deny, displeased


vixque manum retinens confessaque vultibus iramto share her fame; and said, “Let her contend


talibus obscuram resecuta est Pallada dictis:in art with me; and if her skill prevails


“Mentis inops longaque venis confecta senecta.I then will forfeit all!”
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siqua tibi nurus est, siqua est tibi filia, voces.and came to her, disguised with long grey hair


numina nec sperni sine poena nostra sinamus”to praise another, I should do as they:


Consilii satis est in me mihi. Neve monendoand with a staff to steady her weak limbs.


profecisse putes, eadem est sententia nobis.She seemed a feeble woman, very old


Cur non ipsa venit? cur haec certamina vitat?”and quavered as she said, “Old age is not


Tum dea “venit” ait, formamque removit anilemthe cause of every ill; experience come


Palladaque exhibuit. Venerantur numina nymphaewith lengthened years; and, therefore, you should not


Mygdonidesque nurus: sola est non territa virgo.despise my words. It is no harm in you


Sed tamen erubuit, subitusque invita notavitto long for praise of mortals, when


ora rubor rursusque evanuit, ut solet aeryour nimble hands are spinning the soft wool,—


purpureus fieri, cum primum aurora moveturbut you should not deny Minerva's art—


et breve post tempus candescere solis ab ortu.and you should pray that she may pardon you


Maeoniaeque animum fatis intendit Arachnesno creature of the earth should ever slight


Perstat in incepto stolidaeque cupidine palmaefor she will grant you pardon if you ask.”
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nec monet ulterius, nec iam certamina differt.Looked at the goddess, as she dropped her thread.


Haud mora, constituunt diversis partibus ambaeShe hardly could restrain her threatening hand


et gracili geminas intendunt stamine telasand, trembling in her anger, she replied


(tela iugo iuncta est, stamen secernit harundo);to you, disguised Minerva:
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quod digiti expediunt, atque inter stamina ductumworn out and witless in your palsied age


percusso paviunt insecti pectine dentes.a great age is your great misfortune!— Let


Utraque festinant cinctaeque ad pectora vestesyour daughter and your son's wife—if the God


quam sibi lanificae non cedere laudibus artisthe majesty that dwells in me,—without


bracchia docta movent, studio fallente laborem.have blessed you—let them profit by your words;


Illic et Tyrium quae purpura sensit aenumwithin myself, my knowledge is contained


texitur et tenues parvi discriminis umbraeufficient; you need not believe that your


qualis ab imbre solet percussis solibus arcusadvice does any good; for I am quite


inficere ingenti longum curvamine caelum:unchanged in my opinion. Get you gone,—


in quo diversi niteant cum mille coloresadvise your goddess to come here herself


transitus ipse tamen spectantia lumina fallit;and not avoid the contest!”
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Illic et lentum filis inmittitur aurumthe goddess said, “Minerva comes to you!”


et vetus in tela deducitur argumentum.And with those brief words, put aside the shape


audierat. Non illa loco neque origine gentisjust retribution.”—So her thought was turned


Cecropia Pallas scopulum Mavortis in arceof the old woman, and revealed herself


pingit et antiquam de terrae nomine litem.Minerva, goddess.
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augusta gravitate sedent. Sua quemque deorumand matrons of Mygdonia worshiped her;


inscribit facies: Iovis est regalis imago.but not Arachne, who defiant stood;—


Stare deum pelagi longoque ferire tridentealthough at first she flushed up—then went pale—


aspera saxa facit, medioque e vulnere saxithen blushed again, reluctant.—So, at first


exsiluisse fretum, quo pignore vindicet urbem;the sky suffuses, as Aurora moves


at sibi dat clipeum, dat acutae cuspidis hastamand, quickly when the glorious sun comes up


dat galeam capiti, defenditur aegide pectuspales into white.


clara, sed arte fuit. Pater huic Colophonius Idmonupon the fortune of Arachne — proud
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Phocaico bibulas tingebat murice lanas.who would not ever yield to her the praise


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

2 results
1. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.175-1.176, 6.2-6.145, 15.852-15.879 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

2. Ovid, Tristia, 2.207-2.212 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aetiology, origins, causae Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
allusion, intratextual Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
anderson, william Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
antiquarian literature Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
arachne, contest with minerva Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
arachne Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
artists and gods Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
astronomy, stars Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
audience, minerva as Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
audiences, power of Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
augustan religious innovations Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
augustus/octavian, as reader Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
augustus/octavian, relation with the gods Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
autocracy Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
calendar Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
calliope, gigantomachy and Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
celsus Nicklas and Spittler, Credible, Incredible: The Miraculous in the Ancient Mediterranean. (2013) 196
concordia, concord Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
cupid Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
discrepancies in the imperial discourse Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
doubt Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
dynastic strife Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
epic Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
eulogy Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
fasti praenestini Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
harries, byron Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
heckel, hartwig Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
hermeneutic, alibi Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
hubris, artistic arrogance Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
hyperbole Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
immortality Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
imperial family Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
inventions, of aetiologies Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
irony, ironic Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
judgment Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
jupiter (zeus), rapes by Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
leach, eleanor winsor Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
linkages, narrative Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
literary genre Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
metamorphoses (ovid), narrative linking devices in Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
minerva (athena), as audience Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
morality, moralistic language, immoral behaviour Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
morality Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
narrative structures, linking devices Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
ovids poems, metamorphoses Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
performance Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
playfulness Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
poets, rivalry with the princeps Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
power, arbitrary Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
power, of audiences Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
propaganda Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
punishment, as tyrannical exercise of power Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
relation with reality Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
religious-political legitimisation Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
religious innovations Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
revisionary Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
sexuality Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
style, pluperfect as linkage device Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
verrius flaccus Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
visual texts Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
weaving, ekphrasis and Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 74
women' Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21