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classical studies jnr cert

  • 13-03-2011 7:06pm
    #1
    garyboyle
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    cld anybody give me some help with the text books necesscary for studying this subject at home? or any other experiences they have of home study classical studies? thanks


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  • #2
    narwhale
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    Well, there's 5 out of a total of 10 topics to be examined in the JC itself, but in class, (at least our class) we only have enough time to do 6. We do the topics that our teacher considers to be the easiest to get high marks in, which are topics 1- The Wrath of Achilles 2- Greece and Persia 3- The Life and Death of Socrates (from the Greek world) and 6- The Quest of Aeneas 7- Roman Theatre: Comedy- The Swaggering Soldier and 9- A Roman city Pompeii (from the Roman world.) Topic 1 is based on the Iliad, books 1, 6, 16, 22 and 24. Topic 2 is based on Herodotus' Histories (not all of it though, only select chapters.) Topic 3 is based on select parts of Plato's The Last Days Of Socrates. Then topic 6 is Virgil's Aeneid, books 1, 2, 4 and 6. Topic 7 is Plautus' The Swaggering Soldier (the entire play) and Topic 9 is based on some book about Pompeii that I don't remember the name of. Basically Classics consists of reading the prescribed material and learning and understanding the things in it. I suggest that you go through past exam papers, look at what areas come up in what topic (Cause you don't need to know everything that's prescribed.) and then as you read the books, highlight all relevant passages.

    Good luck!


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