Thematic Bible: Diana, a Goddess of the ephesians
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Now a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [the goddess] Artemis (Diana), was bringing no small profit to the craftsmen.
After the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of that [sacred stone image of her] which fell from the sky?
When they heard this, they were filled with rage, and they began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”