What was the hard labor used to build in ancient Corinth?
The hard labor in ancient Corinth was slave labor, countless hours of work used to build a temple to a female goddess. It was not for a beautiful library or educational campus, but to appease their gods and goddesses, a practice common throughout the ancient world.
Les explains that the building material had to be moved from down below to up high, and he asked the guide how they accomplished it. The answer was slave labor—umpteen hours of hard work. It was not to build a beautiful library or a place of education, but a temple to a female goddess. This wasn't just Corinth; it was the whole ancient world. They lived to work and sweat to appease their gods and goddesses. Along with goddess worship came gross immorality, part and parcel of everyday experience for all classes.