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When Iamblicus and Julian, returning from their walk, were crossing Panormos, the crowded harbour-quarter of Ephesus, they noticed an unusual tumult; folk running hither and thither, waving torches and shouting --
"The Christians are destroying the temples! Woe be on us! " and others: "Death to the Olympian gods! Astarte is vanquished by Christ!"