After challenging Athena to a contest in this activity, Arachne is turned into a spider.
A nine-month-long performance of this activity that began at the Chalceia  (chal-KAY-ah)  resulted in a peplos  for use in the Great Panathenaea  (PAN-ath-uh-NAY-uh) . A goddess's patronage of this activity was indicated by the epithet  Ergane  (air-GAH-nay) . A character who is transformed into a nightingale after being raped by her sister's wife Tereus and having her tongue cut out conveys her plight by performing this action. The Proci are delayed in part by a daily performance of this action that is then (*)  undone every night. Philomela does this to communicate with her sister Procne, and Penelope does it to create an item for Laertes. After challenging Athena to a contest in this activity, Arachne is turned into a spider. For 10 points, name this activity that can create a funeral shroud or a tapestry.
A nine-month-long performance of this activity that began at the Chalceia  (chal-KAY-ah)  resulted in a peplos  for use in the Great Panathenaea  (PAN-ath-uh-NAY-uh) .
weaving  [accept word forms; accept answers that specify the thing being woven, such as a robe or a funeral shroud or a tapestry] 