The Temple of Aphrodite in Corinth

There was a glorious temple to aphrodite in corinth, built on the acra corinth. The museum of corinth is full of vases and metal objects adorned with very explicit erotic scenes. Many of these were offered by sex workers, inscribed with prayers to the goddess that illuminate what their lives were like. One of the most common prayers to Aphrodite made by sex workers was to bring them wealth so they could stop spinning wool and devote themselves to sex work full time. This is where we got all those votive offerings that we talked about in previous episodes about the wool working,. A lot of those came from corinth, the wealthiest tire dedicated full on gol statues to aph