Paul of Tarsus spent some 18 months living in the ancient city of Corinth, a cosmopolitan holiday destination for those seeking a hedonistic break. Corinth, Greece was filled with shrines dedicated to the gods that fascinated those seeking solace from their life's challenges. Most of these prosperous shrines were staffed by men, women, and children offering sexual services to appease their customers deities. Prostitution was one of the principle attractions for visitors from across Rome's vast empire.
I have visited Corinth several times over the years sitting on the hill overlooking the city that provided Paul with so many thoughts on the exploitation of human beings by those with ample money to spend, leading Paul to condemn the exploitation of impoverished people by using them as prostitutes.
Ancient Corinth would be destroyed by an earthquake. The modern town of Corinth built some several miles from ancient Corinth, is the country seat for an agricultural economy supplying the population of Athens with vegetables, fruit, and dairy products.
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