Latin

Assessment

Prose Literature -25% Latin students will study Cicero's famous speech 'pro Caelio. In this rhetorical tour de force, Cicero turns a legal trial into a theatrical spectacle to defend his young friend. Greek students will study Herodotus' account of the rise and fall of the Lydian kings, full of arrogance, intrigue and betrayal. Verse Literature -25% Latin students study a selection from Virgil's Aeneid, one of the cornerstones of Western literature, which tells the story of Aeneas' escape from the Greek invasion of Troy, while Greek students will read selections from Euripides' Hippolytus, which explores themes of gender roles and culpability. Unseen Translation - 33% Through unseen practice, students will become sensitive to the genre, themes and motifs which are popular with particular authors and will build their knowledge of vocabulary and linguistic structures. The examination requires students to answer translation, comprehension and literary criticism questions on an unseen prose passage and an unseen verse passage. Prose Composition or Comprehension -17% There is a choice between a short passage to translate into Latin/Ancient Greek or a passage in Latin/Ancient Greek on which you will answer comprehension, translation and grammar questions.