Classical Civilisation A Level

Year 12

For revision materials, please use your class folders.

Please consult the A Level OCR Classical Civilisation text books (these are the text books we have in class and we have editions in the library).

Please also consult your workbooks which Ms Mayne has provided.

Other resources which are recommended are Massolit lectures and quizlet. Links to these resources and specific espidoes are given on teams pages or arbor throughout each unit.

Topic Checklists

Greek Theatre Checklist

The Odyssey Checklist

MASSOLIT Links Greek Theatre

MASSOLIT - Greek Theatre: Introduction | Video lecture by Prof. Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge

MASSOLIT - Greek Theatre: Religious and Civic Contexts | Video lecture by Dr Rosie Wyles, Kent University

MASSOLIT - Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus: Telling the Story | Video lecture by Dr Rosie Wyles, Kent University

MASSOLIT - Aristophanes: Frogs: Political and Historical Context | Video lecture by Dr Naomi Scott, Nottingham University

MASSOLIT - Aristophanes: Frogs: The Opening (1-25) | Video lecture by Dr Rosie Wyles, Kent University

MASSOLIT Links The Odyssey

MASSOLIT - Homer: Odyssey: Oral Composition | Video lecture by Prof. Edith Hall, Durham University

MASSOLIT - Homer: Odyssey: The Nature of the Poem | Video lecture by Prof. Richard Jenkyns, University of Oxford

MASSOLIT - Homer: Odyssey: The Man of Many Turns | Video lecture by Prof. Barbara Graziosi, Princeton University

Year 13

For revision materials, please consult the A Level OCR Classical Civilisation text books (these are the text books we have in class and we have editions in the library).

Please also consult your workbooks which Dr Payne and Ms Mayne have provided and your end-of-unit handouts.

Direction to specific MASSOLIT lectures and Quizlet resources will be recommended in class  via Teams or Arbor.

Topic Checklists

Love and RelationshipsAeneid

MASSOLIT Links

MASSOLIT - Plato: Symposium: Introduction | Video lecture by Dr Frisbee Sheffield, University of Cambridge

MASSOLIT - Seneca and Stoicism: Seneca and Stoicism | Video lecture by Dr Liz Gloyn, Royal Holloway, London

MASSOLIT - Sappho: Myth and Reality | Video lecture by Prof. Edith Hall, Durham University

MASSOLIT - Sappho: Sappho in Context | Video lecture by Dr Emily Hauser, Exeter University

MASSOLIT - Ovid: Ars Amatoria: How successful is the Ars Amatoria as a didactic poem? | Video lecture by Prof. Sharon Marshall, Exeter University