Classical Civilisation

Assessment

• Paper 1: The world of the hero Pupils will study either the Iliad or the Odyssey, and Virgil’s Aeneid in translation. As well as considering the texts, pupils will learn about the social, cultural and religious context. • Paper 2: Culture and the arts Pupils will study Greek theatre, including a close reading of two tragedies (Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Euripides’ Bacchae) and one comedy (Aristophanes’ Frogs) in translation. • Paper 3: Beliefs and ideas Pupils will study Politics of the Late Republic, examining a range of sources in order to explore the power of personality in politics and the conflicting political values that contributed to the “fall” of the Roman Republic. Pupils will focus on three outstanding statesmen from that time: Cato the Younger, Julius Caesar and Cicero.