Greek Unseen Translation

by John Taylor, Stephen Anderson

Overview

A collection of 120 passages from Greek authors. The first half contains twenty adapted passages building up to GCSE level, thirty lightly adapted ones for AS, and ten easy unadapted passages to introduce the translation of verse. The second half contains thirty prose and thirty verse passages of A2 standard, unadapted except by minor omissions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472502742
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/12/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	124
File size:	797 KB

About the Author

Stephen Anderson is Head of Classics at Winchester College. John Taylor is Head of Classics at Tonbridge School and the author of Greek to GCSE, also published by Duckworth.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Hints for tackling an unseen translation passage

PART 1: UP TO GCSE
Intermediate Certificate Passages
GCSE Passages

PART 2: BEYOND GCSE
Post-GCSE / Transition to A-Level Passages
Easy Verse Passages

PART 3: A-LEVEL
A-Level Prose Passages
A-Level Verse Passages

Appendix 1: The Iambic Trimeter and Scansion
Appendix 2: Sources of Passages
Appendix 3: Greek Authors