Jorge Bravo

Professor Jorge J. Bravo III received his A.B. in Classics from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the archaeology of Greek religion, ancient athletics, and gender and sexuality. An experienced field archaeologist, Professor Bravo has worked on several excavation sites in Greece and Italy, including the Agora of Athens; Kommos, Crete; San Vincenzo al Volturno in Italy; the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea; and at Kenchreai, the eastern port of ancient Corinth, where he served as co-director from 2013-2018.

Professor Bravo teaches a range of courses including Classical Mythology, Exploring the World of Ancient Greece, Exploring the World of Ancient Rome, Archaeological Methods and Practice, Ancient Greek Religion, and Greek and Roman Athletics, in addition to various courses in the ancient languages.

Professor Bravo is the author of Excavations at Nemea IV: The Shrine of Opheltes (Berkeley 2018), a study of the archaeological remains and other evidence for the cult and myth of the hero Opheltes at Nemea. Other publications include archaeological reports and articles on ancient Greek hero cult, curse tablets, and ancient sexuality.  In 2019 he received the Rehak Award from the Lambda Classical Caucus for his article "Herms, Boys, and the Objectification of Desire on Athenian Sympotic Vases" Eugesta 7 (2017) 1-67. He is currently engaged in a study of archaeological material from a cave at Marathon devoted to the worship of Pan and the Nymphs, and he has also begun research for a new book project on funeral games in ancient Greece.

Professor Bravo has served as President and Treasurer of the Washington D.C. Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, and he is Treasurer of the Lambda Classical Caucus of the Society for Classical Studies.