Educational: Classical and ancient languages: Literature studies

Book SynopsisAnita Nikkanen is a Research Fellow in Classical Philology at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University, USA. She taught Classics at Northwood College, London, UK, and has been a Departmental Teaching Fellow for Classics and Comparative Literature at Harvard University, USATrade Review[This book] cover[s] necessary ground admirably, as well as offering the intellectually curious plenty to take beyond the exam. Strongly recommended. * Classics For All Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Latin Text Commentary Vocabulary

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Book SynopsisThe OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for examination in 2017-2019, giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription to be read in English for A Level. The texts covered are:ASThucydides, Histories, Book IV: 1114, 2123, 2628 Plato, Apology, 18a7 to 24b2Homer, Odyssey X: 144399Sophocles, Antigone, lines 199, 497525, 531581, 891928 A-levelThucydides, Histories, Book IV: 2940Plato, Apology, 35eendXenophon, Memorabilia, Book 1.II.12 to 1.II.38Homer, Odyssey IX: 231460Sophocles, Antigone, lines 162222, 248331, 441496, 9981032Aristophanes, Acharnians, 1203, 366392Trade ReviewThis book is every teacher's dream. It is a one-stop shop ... [of] excellent value as it replaces the need to buy several separate volumes — and it does so in spendidly attractive style ... The texts it contains will be reading for anybody who has mastered GCSE and will be useful in university courses for years to come. * Classics for All Reviews *The book is, refreshingly, mainly the offspring of classroom teachers and is all the more welcome for that. * Journal of Classics Teaching *Table of ContentsPreface Then for each text: Introduction Text Commentary Vocabulary

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