An etching of Athena transforming Arachne into a spider, one of the best-known stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Credit: Antonio Tempesta, “Arachne in araneam a Pallade convertitur (Athena Changing Arachne into a Spider),” pl. 54 from the series Ovid’s Metamorphoses, 17th century, etching. http://www.bu.edu/research/spotlight/2008/poetry/ovid/index.shtml