Classical Greek

Minimum Entry Criteria

Guarantees a place on the course: 7 in Greek

Board

OCR

Outline of the Course

• Unit 1: Unseen translation

• Students build their knowledge of the Classical Greek language to become familiar with the vocabulary and linguistic structures.

• Unit 2: Prose composition or comprehension

• Students develop and demonstrate their detailed understanding of Classical Greek vocabulary and linguistic structures through either:
• Translating unseen material from English into Classical Greek; or
• Demonstrating their understanding of an unseen prose text through comprehension, translation and questions on syntax and accidence.

• Unit 3: Prose literature

• Students study two prose set texts: the historian Thucydides and the philosopher Plato.

• Unit 4: Verse literature

• Students study two verse set texts: the poet Homer and the playwright Sophocles.
• Both literature components involve translation, and writing commentaries and essays.

Assessment

	Type of Assessment	Duration	Weighting
1	Unseen translation	1 hour 45 minutes	33% (100 marks)
2	Prose/Comprehension	1 hour 15 minutes	17% (50 marks)
3	Prose Literature	2 hours	25% (75 marks)
4	Verse Literature	2 hours	25% (75 marks)