Why is Athena afraid of spiders? I know the story of Arachne and Athena but Athena was just furious of Arachne's skills and mad at her being foolish. So why is she scared of spiders when she turned her into a spider herself?
I think that Athena is worried that Arachne will want revenge; and since spiders are basically Arachne's kids, Athena probably worries that Arachne and her kids will gang up on her. That's honestly the best I could come up with, hope it helps
