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--so her thought was turned upon the fortune of arachne--proud, who would not ever yield to her the praise won by the art of deftly weaving wool, a girl who had not fame for place of birth, nor fame for birth, but only fame for skill!
for it was well known that her father idmon dwelt in colophon; where, at his humble trade, he dyed in phocean purples, fleecy wool. her mother, also of the lower class, had died. arachne in a mountain town hypaepae by skill had grown so famous in the land of lydia, that unnumbered curious nymphs eager...
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