Description
Book SynopsisThis is the OCR endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Greek GCSE set text prescriptions examined from 2018 to 2024. The texts covered are:
HomerOdyssey 6:48159
Iliad 3:1112
Odyssey 7:184297
HerodotusHistories 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)
EuripidesAlcestis 280393
Electra 215331
Bacchae 434508, 80038
PlatoPhaedo 59c60a, 115bd, 116bd, 117c18a
PlutarchA Spartan ChildhoodLucianAnacharsis and Athletics The Isle of the BlestThe 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 inform
Trade ReviewProvides 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 Letchford’s 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 *
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Table of Texts How to Use this Book Tips for Translation Timeline Who’s Who Map of the Ancient Mediterranean Technical terms Discussion of literary style Homer
Odyssey 6.48-159 (2018-2019 prescription)
Iliad 3.1-112 (2020-2022 prescription)
Odyssey 7.184-297 (2023-2024 prescription) Herodotus
Solon and Croesus; How Alcmaeon was enriched by Croesus (2018-2019 prescription)
The Ethiopians; The Power of Custom (2020-2022 prescription)
Psammetichus; Crocodiles; Mycerinus; Pygmies (2023-2024 prescription) Euripides
Alcestis 280-393 (2018-2019 prescription)
Electra 215-331 (2020-2022 prescription)
Bacchae 434-508, 800-838 (2023-2024 prescription) Plato
Phaedo 59c10-118.19 (2023-2024 prescription) Plutarch
A Spartan Childhood (2018-2019 prescription) Lucian Anacharsis and Athletics (2018-2019 prescription) The Isle of the Blest (2020-2022 prescription) OCR Greek GCSE Defined Vocabulary List
