Greek Unseen Translation

by John Taylor, Stephen Anderson

Overview

This is a useful collection of 130 passages from Greek authors, ideal for students from pre-GCSE to A Level. Part 1 contains ten passages for the new Intermediate Certificate and twenty at GCSE level. Part 2 contains thirty lightly adapted post-GCSE passages, and ten easy passages to introduce the translation of verse. Part 3 contains thirty prose and thirty verse passages of A-Level standard, largely unadapted except by minor omissions. Vocabulary beyond the core assumed at each level is glossed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350336179
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/28/2023
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.15(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

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