Welcome to easy stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from ok to good and from good to great.
I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show.
Today's story is for beginners.
The name of the story is Arachne the spider woman.
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Today's story comes from greek mythology.
So greek myths.
Greece has some of the most famous myths in the world.
Greece is a country in Europe.
Apart from myths, it's also famous for olives, ouzo, history and culture.
Many important things came from Greece, such as democracy, and a lot of western philosophy also comes from Greece.
The greek gods from greek mythology were known for being quite bad people.
The king of the gods, Zeus, was particularly bad.
He often attacked women and had sex with them.
Zeus was married to Hera, another greek goddess who you might know.
So a female greek God is Athena.
Athena is the God of some arts that women do, for example, sewing.
I'm mentioning the names of these gods now because the english pronunciation is very different.