There, if anywhere, in the city so notorious for its devotion to Artemis, or Diana as the Romans called her, where her image was said to have fallen from heaven, under the shadow of the great temple dedicated to the Magna Mater since 330 B.C. and containing, according to tradition, a temporary residence of Mary, the title ‘God-bearer’ hardly could fail to be upheld.”—The Cult of the Mother-Goddess (New York, 1959), E.
Apho, ingakumbi kwisixeko esasidume kakubi ngokunqula uArtemis, okanye uDiana njengoko amaRoma ayembiza njalo, apho kwakusithiwa umfanekiso wakhe oqingqiweyo wawuwe uvela ezulwini, kufutshane netempile enkulu eyayinikelwe kuMagna Mater ukususela ngowama-330 B.C. ibe ngokwesithethe, neyayinendawo yokuhlala uMariya okomzuzwana, ibinzana elithi ‘UMthwali kaThixo’ kwakunokuba ngenkankulu ukuba lisilele ukuxhaswa.”—The Cult of the Mother-Goddess (New York, 1959), E.jw2019 jw2019