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Language (J292/01) 60 Sessions | 55 Study Questions

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2. Main grammar terms when learning Classical Greek

3. Greek alphabet, Vowels, Breathings, Transliteration, Capital letters

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4. Present tense verbs

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5. Nouns (1), Definite article

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6. Word order, Negatives, Prepositions

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8. The verb ‘to be’: εἰμι (present tense), Connecting words

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9. First declension: feminine nouns, Translation of the definite article, Expressing time

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10. Second declension neuter nouns, Nouns: first and second declension (all cases)

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11. Prepositions, Sandwich construction, Imperative

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12. Adverbs (1), cases taken by verbs, infinitives

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13. Adjectives, Adverbs (2), particles

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14. Future tense

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15. Imperfect tense, Imperfect tense of the verb ‘to be’

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16. Punctuation, Questions

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17. Aorist (1) and (2)

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18. Gender and declensions (1-3)

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19. Compound verbs, Accents

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20. Third declension nouns, Elision, Uses of τίς and τις

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Prose Literature A (J292/02) – for examinations in 2024 14 Sessions | 10 Study Questions

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1. Overview Prose Literature

2. Context and background for the texts

3. Translating more complex Greek sentences. Stylistic features in Herodotus. Overview of study of Herodotus text procedure.

4. II How the Egyptian King Psammetichus discovered the oldest race on earth (Part 1)

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5. II How the Egyptian King Psammetichus discovered the oldest race on earth (Part 2)

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6. III Crocodiles worshipped in part of Egypt. Curious device for their capture elsewhere. (Hdt 2.69f.) (Part 1)

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7. III Crocodiles worshipped in part of Egypt. Curious device for their capture elsewhere. (Hdt 2.69f.) (Part 2)

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8. IV Mycerinus (Hdt 2.129, 133) (Part 1)

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9. IV Mycerinus (Hdt 2.129, 133) (Part 2)

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10. 15A – Exploration of Central and Southern Africa: The Pygmies (Hdt 2.31) (Part 1)

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11. 15A – Exploration of Central and Southern Africa: The Pygmies (Hdt 2.31) (Part 2)

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12. 15A – Exploration of Central and Southern Africa: The Pygmies (Hdt 2.31) (Part 3)

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13. 15A – Exploration of Central and Southern Africa: The Pygmies (Hdt 2.31) (Part 4)

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14-16 – How to tackle the exam paper

Literature and Culture (J292/06) – for examinations in 2024 9 Sessions | 8 Study Questions

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Overview – for examinations in 2024 CCC

2. Overview: Women in Ancient Greece

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3. Marriage in Athens Marriage ceremony, when and who to marry, expectations and role of a wife. Demosthenes Against Neaera 122. Hesiod Works and Days 695-705. A Pyxis showing a wedding procession. Xenophon Oikonomikos 7.10-7.11.

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4. Women’s household duties in Athens. Lysias On the Murder of Erastothenes 6-10. Xenophon Oikonomikos 7.35-37. Weaving image by Amasis painter.

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5. Women in Sparta Education of girls, Marriage, Status of women. Plutarch Life of Lycurgus 14-15. Aristotle Politics 2. 1269b-1270a. Figure of a running Spartan girl.

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6. The Olympic Games. Preparation and Organisation Plan of the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia and the surrounding area. Pausanias Description of Greece 5.9 4-6. Sacred bronze discus inscribed with the terms of the truce (Ekecheiria) established for the Olympic Games.

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7. Competing in the Olympics. xIsocrates The Team of Horses 31-34. Pausanias Description of Greece 5.21.2-3. Red Figure Cup Pankratists. Vase decoration: Victory crowns an athlete. Pindar Olympian Ode 14.

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8. Events. Philostratos On Gymnastic. Epictetus Discourses 15.2-5. Greek black figure vase showing athletes running. Pausanias Description of Greece 5.8.6-11.

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9. Religious aspects. Pausanias Description of Greece 5.24.9-10. Strabo Geography 8.3.30. Cross section of the temple of Zeus, Olympia. Pausanias Description of Greece 5.10.2-5.11.9.

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Prose Literature A (J292/02) – for examinations in 2025 and 2026 17 Sessions | 13 Study Questions

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2. Context and background for the text

3. Translating more complex Greek sentences. Stylistic features in Herodotus. Overview of study of Herodotus text procedure.

4. ὁ Κῦρος ἤλαυνεν…δὴ τοιόνδε

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5. τάξας …ποταμοῦ : lines 7-14

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6. γενοµένου δὲ … ἐπύθοντο. : lines 15-29

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7. Νίτωκρις… γὰρ ἄμεινον.’ : lines 30-37

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8. οὕτος ὁ τάφας …ἀνέῳγες : lines 38-46

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9. κατὰ…καλλιστευούσας : lines 47-55

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10. ὅσοι δὲ…ἐξῆν : lines 56-63

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11. Κλεισθένει … ἐνιαυτῷ : lines 64-71

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12. ἐνταῦθα… μεγαλοπρεπῶς : lines 72-80

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13. καὶ δή … ὠρχήσατο : lines 81-89

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14. καί πως ….ἐχειπονόμησε :lines 90-95

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15. Κλείθενες δέ…Ἱπποκλειδῃ : lines 96-102

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16. ὁ δέλειαθένης …Ἀγαρίστην : lines 103-110

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17-19. How to tackle the exam paper

Literature and Culture (J292/06) (for examinations in 2025 and 2026) – Women in Ancient Greece 5 Sessions | 4 Study Questions

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2. Overview: Women in Ancient Greece

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3. Marriage in Athens Marriage ceremony, when and who to marry, expectations and role of a wife. Demosthenes Against Neaera 122. Hesiod Works and Days 695-705. A Pyxis showing a wedding procession. Xenophon Oikonomikos 7.10-7.11.

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4. Women’s household duties in Athens. Lysias On the Murder of Erastothenes 6-10. Xenophon Oikonomikos 7.35-37. Weaving image by Amasis painter.

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5. Women in Sparta Education of girls, Marriage, Status of women. Plutarch Life of Lycurgus 14-15. Aristotle Politics 2. 1269b-1270a. Figure of a running Spartan girl.

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Literature and Culture (J292/06) (for exams in 2025 and 2026) – Athenian Society 9 Sessions | 7 Study Questions

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1. Overview: Components of Classical Greek GCSE Literature and Culture, Assessment, Resources

2. Overview: Women in Ancient Greece Women in Ancient Greece, The status of women in Athens Status of women within the oikos and outside Aristotle, Politics 1254b2 & 1260a9 Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War 2:46 Aristophanes, Lysistrata 507–520

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3. Marriage in Athens Marriage ceremony, when and who to marry, expectations and role of a wife

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4. Women’s household duties in Athens

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5. Women in Sparta Education of girls, Marriage, Status of women

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6. The Acropolis

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7. Athenian population

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8. Athenian democracy

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9. Link to exam papers