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AN N EA M70

Demons, Fear, and Uncanny in Ancient World

(Same as Religion M70.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Consideration of place of demons and fear in several different societies and cultures in ancient world: Mesopotamia; ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome; and Biblical and early Jewish contexts. Investigation into why demons and monsters existed in these cultures; how they were opposed or protected again; and what these different societies feared, and how that fear was represented. As demons and monsters are reflections of particular culturally specific fears and norms, studying them allows for examination of societies that constructed them. Examination of how fear of threats such as disease, illness, and death were constructed alongside fears of foreign and of women. Critical examination of wide range of primary source texts, addressing core question of how different societies construct unique fears--and how those fears shape those societies in turn. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.82
n = 272 · 2 terms · ± 0.032
A range
91%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
5%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
2.2%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 7723W
  • 21024S
Enrolment by term: 23W 77, 24S 210
Peak 210 Most recent 210 in 24S 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 81 · 28.2%
  • A 148 · 51.6%
  • A- 18 · 6.3%
  • B+ 8 · 2.8%
  • B 9 · 3.1%
  • C+ 1 · 0.3%
  • C 1 · 0.3%
  • F 6 · 2.1%
  • P 14 · 4.9%
  • S 1 · 0.3%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
KONSTANTOPOULOS, GINA VASILIKI 3.82 3.82 272 2 91%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term