Classical Greek

Assessment

There are four exam papers which are taken at the end of the Upper Sixth. • Unseen Translation (33 per cent of A-level) Translation into English of a passage of Greek prose and a passage of Greek verse • Language Paper 2 (17 per cent of A-level) Prose Comprehension or Prose Composition • Prose Literature (25 per cent of A-level) Study of one or two texts (Plato Symposium and/or Plutarch Life of Alcibiades) • Verse Literature (25 per cent of A-level) Study of one or two different genres of Greek poetry (Homer Odyssey and/or Sophocles Ajax)