Greek (Classical)

Minimum Entry Criteria

Essential: 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: for example, the historian Thucydides and the philosopher Plato.

Unit 4: Verse literature

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

Assessment

Sixth-Form-Programme-of-Courses-2023.pdf