καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο κινδυνεύει ἡμῖν τὸ μέρος εἰς ἀπελεγμὸν ἐλθεῖν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῆς μεγάλης θεᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθῆναι μέλλειν τε καὶ καθαιρεῖσθαι τῆς μεγαλειότητος αὐτῆς ἣν ὅλη ἡ Ἀσία καὶ ἡ οἰκουμένη σέβεται

   ou MO-non de TOU-to kin-dy-NEU-ei hê-MEEN to ME-ros eis a-pe-leg-MON el-THEIN al-LA KAI to tês me-GA-lês the-AS ar-TE-mi-dos hi-e-RON eis ou-THEN lo-gis-THÊ-nai MEL-lein te KAI ka-thai-reis-THAI tês me-ga-lei-O-tê-tos au-TÊS hên HO-lê hê a-SI-a KAI hê oi-kou-ME-nê SE-be-tai

   not only and this is in danger for us the trade into disrepute to come but also the of the great goddess Artemis temple into nothing to be considered to be about both and to be deposed from the magnificence of her whom all the Asia and the inhabited world worships

Exegesis

The verse opens with the adversative pairing ou monon de touto {οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο | ou mónon dè toû-to} “not only this,” which anticipates the balancing phrase alla kai {ἀλλὰ καὶ | allà kaí} “but also,” forming a coordinated “not only... but also...” construction that frames two related dangers.

The climactic relative clause hēn holē hē Asia kai hē oikoumenē sebetai {ἣν ὅλη ἡ Ἀσία καὶ ἡ οἰκουμένη σέβεται | hēn hó-lē hē A-sí-a kaì hē oi-kou-mé-nē sé-be-tai} defines Artemis as the object of universal veneration, using sebetai to convey formal religious worship. In translation, this tightly knit structure is represented with a single complex sentence that preserves the escalation from local economic risk to a perceived global religious catastrophe.