and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers by trade.

he gathered these men together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business.

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as worthless, and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.”