AS Level Latin

From June 2009 to June 2011, inclusive, the AS set texts will be:

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

From June 2012 to June 2014, inclusive, the AS set texts will be:

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

AS Level Greek

From June 2009 to June 2011, inclusive, the AS set texts will be:

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

From June 2012 to June 2014, inclusive, the AS set texts will be:

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 Latin

Candidates are expected to prepare one verse set text. Approximately 300 lines will be set from each set text. The set texts will be examined for three years.

From June 2010 to June 2012, inclusive, the A2 verse set texts will be:

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.

From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 verse set texts will be:

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.

From June 2010 to June 2012, inclusive, the A2 unseen verse author will be:

Ovid (elegiacs).

From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 unseen verse author will be:

Ovid (hexameters).

From June 2010 to June 2012, inclusive, the A2 prose set texts will be:

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

From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 prose set texts will be:

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

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.

From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 verse set texts will be:

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.

From June 2010 to June 2012, inclusive, the A2 unseen verse author will be:

Sophocles (iambic trimeters).

From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 unseen verse author will be:

Euripides (iambic trimeters).

From June 2010 to June 2012, inclusive, the A2 unseen prose author will be:

Xenophon.

From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 unseen prose author will be:

Thucydides.