she wears the testicles of sacrificed bulls around her neck a symbol of the fertility of the goddess who was revered as a nurturer of all living beings. and. if as those of us left as this was the lords of antiquity believers from all over the world made pilgrimages to the magnificent temple of artemis to worship the goddesses the artemis cult was already a thousand years old in paul's time and was tremendously popular not only in f. as indies i hope to compete with his crucified messiah against artemis and all the other gods in this stronghold of paganism that paul must have had a lot of faith in god. got up to. the acts of the apostles relate how paul made new enemies this time they were merchants who sold miniature replicas of the goddess artemis to pilgrims. they were