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that our trade will no longer be needed
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "that the people will no longer want to buy idols from us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be considered worthless
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the people will think there is no benefit in going to the temple to worship the great goddess Artemis" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
she would even lose her greatness
Artemis's greatness only comes from what people think of her.
whom all Asia and the world worships
This was an exaggeration to show how popular the goddess Artemis was. Here the words "Asia" and "the world" refer to the people in Asia and the known world. Alternate translation: "whom many people in Asia and in other parts of the world worship" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)