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A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
A woman from Lydia who challenged the goddess Athene (Athena) to a weaving contest and was changed into a spider for her presumptuousness.
From her name we get the English word, Arachnid, to designate natures ultimate weavers, the spider; an Arachnid can be a spider, scorpion, mite or tick.
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A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
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