OCR GCSE Latin - new specification (J281) and Short Course (J081)

Unit A403 latin Prose Literature
For examination in June 2010

Section A: Extracts from the section entitled 'Passions and Poisons' in OCR Latin Anthology for GCSE (OUP) ISBN 9870198329329
Higher Tier
Tacitus: The poisoning of Claudius, Annals 12.64–69 (abridged)
Cicero: Pro Cluentio V.11–VI.18 (abridged)
Foundation Tier
Tacitus: The poisoning of Claudius, Annals 12.66–69 (... imperator consalutatur.)
Cicero: Pro Cluentio V.11–VI.18 (abridged) (... a matre esset conflatum et profectum.)
Section B: Selections from Cambridge Latin Anthology (CUP) ISBN 9780521578776
Higher Tier
Caesar: Power of Druids; their education; their religion
Tacitus: The Druids last stand
Pliny: Mistletoe
Tacitus: Boudica's rebellion
Foundation Tier
Caesar: Power of Druids; their education; their religion
Tacitus: Boudica's rebellion

For examination in June 2011
Section A: Extracts from the section entitled 'Passions and Poisons' in OCR Latin Anthology for GCSE (OUP) ISBN 9870198329329
Higher Tier
Tacitus: The poisoning of Claudius, Annals 12.64–69 (abridged)
Cicero: Pro Cluentio V.11–VI.18 (abridged)
Foundation Tier
Tacitus: The poisoning of Claudius, Annals 12.66–69 (... imperator consalutatur.)
Cicero: Pro Cluentio V.11–VI.18 (abridged) (... a matre esset conflatum et profectum.)
Section B: Selections from Cambridge Latin Anthology (CUP) ISBN 9780521578776
Higher Tier
Tacitus: Germanicus and Piso
Cicero: Pythius
Cicero: Clodia
Foundation Tier
Tacitus: Germanicus and Piso

For examination in June 2012
Section A: Extracts from the section entitled 'Prophecies and Portents' in OCR Latin Anthology for GCSE (OUP) ISBN 9870198329329
Higher Tier
Pliny: Do you believe in ghosts? Letters 7.27
Livy: The mysterious death of Romulus, A History of Rome 1.16
Suetonius: Omens, portents, and the murder of Julius Caesar, Divine Julius 81, 88
Foundation Tier
Pliny: Do you believe in ghosts? Letters 7.27
Livy: The mysterious death of Romulus, A History of Rome 1.16
Section B: Selections from Cambridge Latin Anthology (CUP) ISBN 9780521578776
Higher Tier
Tacitus: Germanicus and Piso
Cicero: Pythius
Cicero: Clodia
Foundation Tier
Tacitus: Germanicus and Piso

Unit A404 Latin Verse Literature

For examination in June 2010
Latin Verse Literature
Section A: Extracts from the section entitled 'Family Life and Relationships' in OCR Latin Anthology for GCSE (OUP) ISBN 9870198329329
Higher Tier
Ovid: Tristia 1.III. 1–34, 41–47, 55–60, 73–84
Catullus 8, 51, 70, 85, 101
Sulpicia 1
Horace: Odes 1.8
Foundation Tier
Ovid: Tristia 1.III. 1–34, 41–47, 55–60, 73–84
Catullus 8, 70, 85
Horace: Odes 1.8
Section B: Selections from Virgil Aeneid VI
The Latin text printed on the examination papers will be that of the OCT. This text is used in Virgil, Selections from Aeneid VI ed A Haward (Cambridge Latin Texts series, CUP)
ISBN 9780521286947.
Higher Tier:
lines 295–332, 384–439, 679–725.
Foundation Tier:
lines 295–332, 384–425, 703–725.

For examination in June 2011
Section A: Extracts from the section entitled 'Family Life and Relationships' in OCR Latin Anthology for GCSE (OUP) ISBN 9870198329329
Higher Tier
Ovid: Tristia 1.III. 1–34, 41–47, 55–60, 73–84
Catullus 8, 51, 70, 85, 101
Sulpicia 1
Horace: Odes 1.8
Foundation Tier
Ovid: Tristia 1.III. 1–34, 41–47, 55–60, 73–84
Catullus 8, 70, 85
Horace: Odes 1.8
Section B: Selections from Virgil Aeneid II
The Latin text printed on the examination papers will be that of the OCT. This text is used in Virgil, Selections from Aeneid II ed C H Craddock (Cambridge Latin Texts series, CUP)
ISBN 9780521208277.
Higher Tier
lines 268–280, 298–317, 624–654, 671–716, 768–795.
Foundation Tier
lines 268–280, 298–317, 634–654, 671–716.

For examination in June 2012
Section A: Extracts from the section entitled 'Prophecies and Portents' in OCR Latin Anthology for GCSE (OUP) ISBN 9870198329329
Higher Tier
Lucan: Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Civil War 1.283-205, 223-227
Persius: Praying for profit, Satires 2.44-52
Horace: A sign from Heaven, Ode 1.34
Virgil: The Shield of Aeneas, Aeneid 8. 608-629, 671-731
Foundation Tier
Lucan: Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Civil War 1.283-205, 223-227
Persius: Praying for profit, Satires 2.44-52
Virgil: The Shield of Aeneas, Aeneid 8. 608-629, 671-713
Section B: Selections from Virgil Aeneid 2
The Latin text printed on the examination papers will be that of the OCT. This text is used in Virgil, Selections from Aeneid II ed C H Craddock (Cambridge Latin Texts series, CUP)
ISBN 9780521208277.
Higher Tier
lines 268–280, 298–317, 624–654, 671–716, 768–795.
Foundation Tier
lines 268–280, 298–317, 634–654, 671–716.

AS Level Latin

• Ovid, Metamorphoses VIII. 6–121, 125 (exige poenas) –235.
• Cicero, In Catilinam I. 1–19 (... adhibere non possit ) ed. H Gould & J Whiteley (BCP) ISBN 082920140.

• Ovid, Amores III. 2, 4, 5, 14.
• Cicero, In Verrem II. 1. 53–69 (aspendum vetus oppidum ... pepercissent).

A2 Level Latin

• Virgil, Aeneid I. 1–38, 50–123, 157–179, 223–360, 387–392, 418–438. The rest of the book should be read in English translation.
• Catullus, poems 1, 2, 3, 4, 7–13, 22, 63, 70 ed. K Quinn (BCP) ISBN 1853994979.

• Virgil, Aeneid IV. 1–299. The rest of the book should be read in English translation.
• Propertius, Elegies III. 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 21, 25 ed. W Camps (BCP) ISBN 0862921163.

• Ovid (elegiacs).

• Ovid (hexameters).

• Tacitus, Annals XIV. 1–16 ed. E Woodcock (BCP) ISBN 1853993158
• Livy, Book XXIII. 2–9.

• Tacitus, Annals XV. 20–23, 33–45 ed. N Miller (BCP) ISBN 1853994340
• Sallust, Bellum Catilinae, 14–29 ed. P McGushin (BCP) ISBN 090651519X.

OCR GCSE Greek - new specification

Greek Verse Unit B404

For examination in June 2010
Section A: Selections from Homer Odyssey VI
lines 20-40, 48-70, 85-118 and 127-185.
The text will be taken from Homer, Odyssey VI & VII ed J Watson (Duckworth/BCP)
ISBN 9781853994890
Section B: Selections from Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis
lines 155-188, 202-267, 280-321.
The text will be taken from Euripides, Scenes from Iphigenia in Aulis and Iphigenia in Tauris
ed EC Kennedy (Duckworth/BCP) ISBN 9780906515976

For examination in June 2011
Section A: Selections from Homer Odyssey VI
lines 20-40, 48-70, 85-118 and 127-185.
The text will be taken from Homer, Odyssey VI & VII ed J Watson (Duckworth/BCP) ISBN 9781853994890
Section B: Selections from Euripides Helen
lines 15-58, 162-203 and 211-269.
The text will be taken from Euripides, Scenes from Rhesus and Helen
ed E Kennedy and A Davis (Duckworth/BCP) ISBN 9781853995651

For examination in June 2012
Section A: Homer Iliad VI
lines 369-502
The text will be taken from Homer, Iliad VI, ed R H Jordan & J A Harrison (Duckworth/Bristol Classical Press) ISBN 086292149X
Section B: Selections from Euripides Helen
lines 15-58, 162-203 and 211-269.
The text will be taken from Euripides, Scenes from Rhesus and Helen
ed E Kennedy and A Davis (Duckworth/BCP) ISBN 9781853995651

Greek Prose Unit B403

For examination in June 2010
Section A Tale VIII - Story of Cyrus the Great, King of Persia. Section A ‘Infancy of Cyrus’ (parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) and Section B ‘Boyhood of Cyrus: How the secret of his birth is discovered’, parts 1, 2 and 3 (lines 1-9, !Astuavgh" ... e[faine lovgon.) pages 12-17
in Tales from Herodotus eds GS Farnell and M Goff (Duckworth/BCP) ISBN 9780862920913
Section B: Antiphon, 'The Murder of Herodes' lines 1-142 !Egw; de; to;n men plou'n ... eij" to; ajlhqe;" katasth'nai. pages 36-41
in Four Greek Authors ed EC Kennedy (Duckworth/BCP) ISBN 9781853995019

For examination in June 2011
Section A: Tale VIII - Story of Cyrus the Great, King of Persia. Section A ‘Infancy of Cyrus’ (parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) and Section B ‘Boyhood of Cyrus: How the secret of his birth is discovered’, parts 1, 2 and 3 (lines 1-9, !Astuavgh" ... e[faine lovgon.) pages 12-17
in Tales from Herodotus eds GS Farnell and M Goff (Duckworth/BCP) ISBN 9780862920913
Section B: Selections from Plato
Section 30C2 to Section 31, line 7, pages 38-39 and Section 59C10 to Section 118, line 19, pages 71-77
in Plato, The Martyrdom of Socrates (Apology, Crito and Phaedo Selections)
ed F Doherty (Duckworth/BCP) ISBN 9780906515969

For examination in June 2012
Section A: Tales from Herodotus
Section XVI "The Battle of Salamis" (pages 52-61)
Part (a) lines 8-19 ( )
Parts (b), (c) and (d)
Part (e) lines 11-33 ( )
Part (f) and (h) Note Part (g) is omitted altogether
Part (i) lines 5-13 ( )
Part (j) lines 1-12 ( )
Tales from Herodotus, ed G S Farnell and M. Goff (Bristol Classical Press) ISBN 0 86292 091 4. Candidates will be expected to have read the introduction to Section XVI and accompanying notes.
Section B: Selections from Plato
Section 30C2 to Section 31, line 7, pages 38-39 and Section 59C10 to Section 118, line 19, pages 71-77
Plato, The Martyrdom of Socrates (Apology, Crito and Phaedo Selections).
ed F Doherty (Duckworth/Bristol Classical Press) ISBN 9780906515969

AS Level Greek

• Homer, Iliad 16. 632-861
• Lysias, ‘Against Eratosthenes’ 1–36 ed M Edwards Lysias Five Speeches (BCP) ISBN 1853994472.

• Homer, Iliad 24. 468–691
• Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.8.1–1.8.8, 1.8.19–1.8.29, 3.1.4–3.1.14, 4.5.3–4.5.9, 4.7.19–4.7.27, 4.8.25– 4.8.28 ed J Antrich & S Usher, The Persian Expedition (BCP) ISBN 0906515114.

A2 Level Greek

• Euripides, Hippolytus 266–361, 601–668, 1038–1101, 1173–1254. The rest of the play should be read in English translation.
• Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 130–209, 466–519, 533–573, 728–775, 848–928. The rest of the play should be read in English translation.

• Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 1–77, 300–428, 532–582, 1369–1415. The rest of the play should be read in English translation.
• Aristophanes, Clouds 80–128, 961–1008, 1399–1475. The rest of the play should be read in English translation.

• Sophocles (iambic trimeters).

• Euripides (iambic trimeters).

• Xenophon.

• Thucydides.