Greek
The A2 course removes the framework of a defined vocabulary list but provides specified authors for study in verse and prose for the language elements. This allows students to gain familiarity with the style and vocabulary of each author.
A2 Verse paper (L3)
Critical analysis and evaluation of the verse set text, followed by a comprehension task using a passage from the specified verse author, including some translation from Greek to English and some basic scansion.
From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 verse set text will be:
- either Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus
- or Aristophanes, Clouds
From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 unseen verse author will be Euripides.
A2 Prose paper (L4)
Critical analysis and evaluation of the prose set text, followed either by a comprehension task using a passage from the specified verse author, including some translation from Greek to English or by a translation of a short continuous prose passage from English to Greek. For this task the AS vocabulary list acts as an English-Greek wordlist.
From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 prose set texts will be:
- either Plato, Protagoras
- or Herodotus, Book VIII
From June 2013 to June 2015, inclusive, the A2 unseen prose author will be Thucydides.
The A2 exams are taken together in the summer of the Upper Sixth.

