as she hung; and thus she said: "Live on indeed, wicked one,[29] but
still hang; and let the same decree of punishment be pronounced against
thy race, and against thy latest posterity, that thou mayst not be free
from care in time to come." After that, as she departed, she sprinkled
her with the juices of an Hecatean herb;[30] and immediately her hair,
touched by the noxious drug, fell off, and together with it her nose and
ears. The head of herself, {now} small as well throughout her whole
body, becomes very small. Her slender fingers cleave to her sides as
legs; her belly takes possession of the rest {of her}; but out of this
she gives forth a thread; and {as} a spider, she works at her web as
formerly.

[Footnote 1: _Colophon._--Ver. 8. Colophon was an opulent city of
Lydia, famous for an oracle of Apollo there.]

[Footnote 2: _Phocaean._--Ver. 9. Phocaea was a city of AEolia, in
Ionia, on the shores of the Mediterranean, famous for its purple
dye.]

[Footnote 3: _Purple._--Ver. 9. 'Murex' was a shell-fish, now
called 'the purple,' the juices of which were much used by the
ancients for dyeing a deep purple color. The most valuable kinds
were found near Tyre and Phocaea, mentioned in the text.]

[Footnote 4: _Hypaepae._--Ver. 13. This was a little town of Lydia,
near the banks of the river Cayster. It was situate on the descent
of Mount Tymolus, or Tmolus, famed for its wines and saffron.]

[Footnote 5: _Pactolus._--Ver. 16. This was a river of Lydia,
which was said to have sands of gold.]

[Footnote 6: _Mygdonian._--Ver. 45. Mygdonia was a small territory
of Phrygia, bordering upon Lydia, and colonized by a people from
Thrace. Probably these persons had come from the neighboring
country, to see the exquisite works of Arachne. As the Poet tells
us, many were present when the Goddess discovered herself, and
professed their respect and veneration, while Arachne alone
remained unmoved.]

[Footnote 7: _Brazen vessel._--Ver. 60. It seems that brazen
cauldrons were used for the purposes of dyeing, in preference to
those of iron.]

[Footnote 8: _Rock of Mars._--Ver. 70. This was the spot called
Areiopagus, which was said to have received its name from the
trial there of Mars, when he was accused by Neptune of having
slain his son Halirrothius.]

[Footnote 9: _Twice six._--Ver. 72. These were the 'D