I love context! It adds such richness and depth to our understanding of scripture. the information you've given here at the very least increases our understanding of the culture in which some of Paul's letters were written. Certain phrases have new, or maybe deeper, meaning.

 Do you think your studies on Artemis can inform our thinking on 1 Tim 2:15? But women will be saved through childbearing--if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. I know that's part of a loaded passage, still debated. But it was the first one to pop into my head as I read about Artemis's role in "saving" a mother expreiencing childbirth...