The making of silver shrines of Artemis was a profitable business. With their trade threatened, a certain Demetrius incited the silversmiths to riot. ​ — Acts 19: 23 - 32.
परंतु, मासेदोनियास निघून गेल्यामुळे, आर्टिमीस पंथाचा शेवट होण्याचे थांबले नाही.