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( äéïðåôήò , Jove-fallen, "that fell down from Jupiter"), an epithet applied to the great image of Diana at Ephesus (Act_19:34). It is applied in the same way by heathen writers (e.g. ἄãáëìá äéïðåôÝò , Herodian. 1:11; compare Plutarch, Numa, 13; Eurip. Iph. 86-88; see Wetstein, Kuinol in loc.). SEE DIANA.