CLA 2323 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Human Development Index, Chryses, Inta
13 Dec 2015
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Arachne the name of a girl who was a very skilled weaver and challenged athena, even though athena told her not to. This is committing hubris so arachne committed suicide. Athena decided to honor her and turn her into a spider so that she could weave beautiful webs for the rest of her life. Arachne means spider in greek, and gives the name for arachnida. Autochthony autochtony is a word meaning native and indigenous. In greek mythology, the people who came out of the earth and are related to gaia as they are native to the greek land and born out of the earth. Ergane from the word ergon , meaning work . In greek mythology, this is a title of athena which means that she is the goddess of craftsmanship and working with the hands, differentiating her from other gods. Ergonomics is the study of the efficiency of the people in the workplace.
