Why study Latin A level ? Short presentation on A level Latin from C J Currie HOD Classics email at ccurrie@georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk

MEET THE PEOPLE

Julius Caesar

Cicero

OVID

Meet the people

Ovid Echo and Narcissus

Pentheus and Bacchus

Cicero – Pompey and Mithridates

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ENHANCE TRAVEL IN THE UK

British Museum Fishbourne

Bath

ENHANCE TRAVEL IN ITALY

TRAVEL IN ITALY – gas trip 2015

ENHANCE TRAVEL IN GREECE

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TRAVEL IN GREECE possible destination 2016

Is it relevant today?

“Latin is not dead, it is immortal!”

PEOPLE’S NAMES

Martin, Mars,

god of war

Felix,

Felicity, felix, lucky DIDO – Queen of

Carthage – pop songstress

PRODUCT NAMES

ABBREVIATIONS a.m. ante meridiem

A.D. anno Domini

C.V. curriculum vitae

e.g. exempli gratia

etc. et cetera

i.e. id est

p.m. post meridiem

P.S. postscriptum

LATIN IN ENGLISH – increase your vocabulary

To learn a speech verbatim

To deliver a speech ex tempore

To carry on ad nauseam

To disrupt the status quo

To go incognito

The crux of the matter

etc. etc. etc.

LITERATURE

J K Rowling: “draco dormiens nunquam titillandus”

Philip Pullman; Lindsey Davis; John Dryden; Ted Hughes; Shakespeare, James

Joyce ...

MUSIC

The opera: Dido & Aeneas; The title of a Toploader song, Achilles’ heel; ….

ART & ARCHITECTURE

Botticelli, Birth of Venus

Antony and Cleopatra

by Lawrence Alma Tadema

FILMS

Gladiator 2003 The 300 2007

Clash of the Titans / The Eagle 2011

TV Mary Beard on Pompeii

Rome – HBO series

Is it relevant today? “Intelligent actions today are informed by a knowledge and understanding of what went before, and a curiosity about what brought us to where we are now.” Whether we consider law ,English, politics, philosophy, engineering, languages,medicine or art, the study of Latin enhances our understanding of our lives today.

Why Classics at A level ?

Latin and Classical Civilisation are traditional A level subjects which are highly regarded by all good universities especially Oxford and Cambridge. Students who study these subjects at A

level have gained places on courses as diverse as History , Medicine , Law , Philosophy , Politics , Public Relations, Economics, Zoology, Marine Biology.

Destinations of ex students 2014 2 A2 Latin students have started Classics at

Durham – Luke Newman and Greg Baynham . Ben Stevens is reading Latin at Reading along with Miranda Bennett who did AS Latin and is studying Latin and Museum Studies.

2011 – Jack Johnson - Gonville and Gaius Cambridge for Classics

2010 – Tom Light reading Classical Archaeology at Kent ; Veronica Hastings reading English with Classical Studies at Surrey university.

Destinations of ex students 2008 Alice Merry – Cambridge Classics –

now working in City Amelia Bell – Classics at Balliol Oxford Now studying law at Guildford

Enrichment for Latin A level students Essay competitions Classical WEX British Museum London – tour of Greek/

Roman galleries Classics Forum – at RGS Guildford Eton Summer School for Classics Classics Summer Schools – JACT Tutoring through the UCAS process – mock

interviews / open days / personal statement /

Benefits of Latin a level in UCAS / Oxbridge application Students gain good grades – A and B Top universities (Russell Group ) regard Latin

as a traditional subject and one of the few facilitating subjects which foster skills which are directly applicable to independent study of any subject at undergraduate level.

Few state schools offer Latin at A level and this makes your choice of A levels unique and it will catch the eye of the admissions tutor when they see Latin on your Ucas form.

What skills will you gain? The ability to understand a foreign language

to a high level of competence

Improved literacy generally

Increased written communication skills

A high level of adaptability and mental agility

What do I do with it next?

Classics beyond school

AT UNIVERSITY CLASSICS DEGREES may include:

Greek language / literature

Latin language / literature

Ancient History

Philosophy

Greek & Roman Art & Architecture

Philology (origins & development of language)

Archaeology

Any one of the above can also be studied as a degree in itself

CLASSICS GRADUATES …are highly employable in all fields

An ability to study the subject to a high level indicates an ANALYTICAL and LOGICAL approach

ACCOUNTANCY, CONSULTANCY, MANAGEMENT, HOME/FOREIGN OFFICE, LAW….

as well as an EMPATHY for

the LITERARY and the AESTHETIC

JOURNALISM, PUBLISHING, TEACHING….

What do the courses involve?

GCE Latin(OCR) Specification for 2015- AS exam 2016/ 2016-A2 exam 2017

AS Latin for June 2016 Latin Verse and Prose Literature F362

Selections from :

Ovid Metamorphoses 3 Cicero, the Speech in support of Pompey’s generalship

in the war against Mithridates 3

Key skills:

Ability to translate “real” Latin into idiomatic English

Ability to comment on writer’s literary technique (choice of vocabulary, word order, sound effects etc.)

Ability to comment on historical context / mythological references

Cicero and Ovid

De imperio - Cicero

. De Imperio Cn. Pompei, also known as Pro Lege Manilia, was a speech delivered by Cicero in 66 BC in support of the proposal made by Gaius Manilius, a tribune of the people, that Pompey the Great be given sole command against Mithridates in the Third Mithridatic War. “On the Command of Gnaeus Pompey", in support of Pompey's appointment to command the Roman forces against Mithridates VI in their quest to expel him from their new Province of Bithynia/Pontus – modern northern Turkey ‘s Black Sea coast

Cicero advertised Pompey as the only man with the skills for the campaign but also attempted to avoid offending the senatorial aristocracy unnecessarily. However by supporting Pompey Cicero had publicly committed himself.

Ovid metamorphoses 3

Met 3 – The Metamorphoses (Latin: Metamorphoseon libri: "Books of Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.

One of the most influential works in Western culture, the Metamorphoses has inspired such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante and Boccaccio. Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in masterpieces of sculpture and painting by artists such as Titian. Although interest in Ovid faded after the Renaissance, towards the end of the twentieth century there was a resurgence of attention to his work; today, the Metamorphoses continues to inspire and be retold through various media.

1.Cadmus & the Dragon 2. Actaeon 3. Semele & Jupiter 4. Tiresias 5. Narcissus & Echo 6. Pentheus & Bacchus 7. Tyrrhenian Pirates & Bacchus

AS Latin for June 2016 Latin Language F361

Examined through unseen translation and/or prose composition

Key skills:

Ability to learn vocabulary

Ability to understand and recognise grammatical features

Ability to translate slightly modified Latin into accurate and idiomatic English and vice versa for the prose

compostion

A2 Latin for June 2016 exam 2017

Latin Verse Literature F363:

Poems of Catullus

and Ovid hexameters as unseen

Latin Prose Literature F364:

Pliny Letters or Tacitus Annals book 4

and Livy unseen or prose composition

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