OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE

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This is the OCR endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Greek GCSE set text prescriptions examined from 2018 to 2024. The texts covered are: Homer Odyssey 6:48159 Iliad 3:1112 Odyssey 7:184297 Herodotus Histories 1.304, 867 and 6.125 (Solon & Croesus; How Alcmaeon Was Enriched by Croesus) Histories 3.1725, 38 (The Ethiopians; The Power of Custom) Histories 2.2, 6970, 12933, 312 (Psammetichus; Crocodiles; Mycerinus; Pygmies) Euripides Alcestis 280393 Electra 215331 Bacchae 434508, 80038 Plato Phaedo 59c60a, 115bd, 116bd, 117c18a Plutarch A Spartan Childhood Lucian Anacharsis and Athletics The Isle of the Blest The volume starts with an introduction to ancient Greek history and culture, which will set in context the passages for the exams and give guidance on how to translate ancient Greek. The prescribed texts are set out in clear passages facing commentary notes, with further information on GCSE vocabulary and key terms as well as study questions. The full GCSE vocabulary is provided at the back of the book and a timeline, Who's Who, glossaries and map combine to give students a focused preparation for their exams. The book is supported by a companion website of further resources.

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Provides a wide selection of mostly unadapted readings from Homer Herodotus (in Attic dialect), Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, and Lucian, enhanced by thorough introductions and fairly heavy glossing of the vocabulary. The overall production of the volume is marked by a similar clarity of presentation (blue and black font, illustrations, notes, etc.) and overall high quality, starting from a generous Introduction and featuring, among other useful items, a How to use this book orientation, some Tips for Translation, a Timeline of events and classical authors, as well as a full 2-page map of the Eastern Mediterranean world, indicating the most important city-states and including Greece, Asia Minor, and North Africa Affleck and Letchfords OCR Anthology of appealing and generously-framed readings, which span some 1,000 years of Greek culture, will prove a rich and stimulating complement for the third semester (college) or spring of the second-year (high school), culminating in selected original texts of Euripides (Alcestis, Electra, Bacchae), Plato (Phaedo), Plutarch (Life of Lycurgus) and Lucian. * New England Classical Journal *
This is a beautifully produced textbook, with attractive embossing on front and back covers, a lovely thing to hold and behold ... An innovation, and one which most purchasers will welcome, is that all the prescribed texts until 2023 are included ... Also useful are the typical questions to be found on most pages, a mixture of the factual and the thought-provoking. * Journal of Classics Teaching *

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Judith Affleck is Head of Classics at King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. Clive Letchford is Teaching Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick, UK.