Cléo CARASTRO

Cléo CARASTRO is a permanent researcher affiliated with the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), specializing in religious anthropology and the cultural history of ancient Greece. Her work employs comparative approaches to analyze polytheistic societies, focusing on magic, ritual writing (defixiones), forms of rationality, and color theory in antiquity.

• Research Focus: Comparative religious systems, magic in antiquity, ritual practices, color anthropology
• Key Publications: Antiquity in Color (2009), The City of Magi (2006)
• Academic Background: Doctorate from EHESS and Johns Hopkins University (2002)

Her recent publications examine oath rituals, divination, and magical practices in ancient Greece and Rome, while her earlier work engages with theoretical frameworks from Frazer, Hubert, and Mauss. She contributes to the ANHIMA research center's interdisciplinary mission.