Sexual Immorality at Ancient Corinth

Overview

Due to its size and location, Corinth was prosperous. With prosperity came wealth, luxury, and immorality. The city was also home to sexual perversion and ritual prostitution, with many so-called “temples” dedicated to such behavior. In the ancient world, there was a Greek saying, korinthiazomai (“live like a Corinthian”), which everyone knew meant a lifestyle of decadent, unrestrained debauchery.