The Gods in Homer's Iliad
Task 1: YouTube Video
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Classical Civilisation summer work
Overview
Welcome to Classical Civilisation.
The work
To help you prepare for your Classical Civilisation course, we have included below links to a range of videos which touch upon the themes you are likely to explore during your two years of study. Three main components of the A Level Classical Civilisation course you will be studying are: ' The World of the Hero', 'Culture and the Arts' and 'Beliefs and Ideas'.
Task 1: Read Book 1 of Homer's Iliad. The edition you will need for the course is published by Penguin Classics and translated by E.V. Rieu, revised by Peter Jones and D.C.H. Rieu (ISBN: 9780140447941).*
To gain an overview of the story of the Iliad, watch the TedEd film below*.
Task 2: Read 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles. The edition you will need for the course is published by Penguin Classics and translated by Robert Fagles, entitled 'The Three Theban Plays' (ISBN: 9780140444254).*
To gain an overview of the Oedipus myth, watch the TedEd film below.*
Watch the film from the National Theatre giving an overview of some of the conventions of Greek theatre.*
* Find the links to books/videos in Digital Resources below
Digital resources
Please refer to these digital resources as part of your Summer Work preparation.
The Gods in Homer's Iliad
Task 1: YouTube Video
Gods in the Aeneid
Task 1: YouTube Video
Greek theatre video collection
Task 2: National Theatre, website
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit - Episode 1
Task 3: YouTube Video, BBC
Task 1 book: The Iliad by Homer (Blackwells Bookshop)
Task 1: Gain an Overview of the Story of the Iliad - watch this TedEd film
Task 2 book: Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Task 2: Overview of the Oedipus Myth from TedEd.com
An Overview of some of the Conventions of Greek Theatre - National Theatre
Recommended course book
| Book title | OCR CLASSICAL CIVILISATION AS AND A LEVEL COMPONENT 11, THE WOLRD OF THE HERO | SALLY KNIGHTS |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781350015074 |
| Digital version | Yes |
| Book title | OCR CLASSICAL CIVILISATION A LEVEL COMPONENT 33 POLITICS OF THE LATE REPUBLIC |LUCY CRESSWEL (Y12) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781350021037 |
| Digital version | Yes |
| Book title | OCR CLASSICAL CIVILISATION AS AND A LEVEL COMPONENT 21, GREEK THEATRE | ROBER HANCOCK-JONES (Y13) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781350015111 |
| Digital version | Yes |
| Book title | THE ILIAD (PENGUIN CLASSICS) | HOMER, TRANSLATION BY E.V. RIEU (Y12) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780140447941 |
| Digital version | No |
| Book title | OEDIPUS THE KING (PENGUIN) | SOPHOCLES, TRANSLATION BY FAGLES, IN THE THREE THEBAN PLAYS (Y12 /Y13) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780140444254 |
| Digital version | No |
| Book title | THE AENEID (PENGUIN CLASSICS) | VIRGIL, TRANSLATION BY DAVID WEST (Y13) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780140449327 |
| Digital version | No |
| Book title | ACCHAE | EURIPIDES, (CAMBRIDGE TRANSLATIONS FROM GREEK DRAMA) (Y13) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780521653725 |
| Digital version | No |
| Book title | FROGS | ARISTOPHANES, (CAMBRIDGE TRANSLATION FROM GREEK DRAMA) (Y13) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780521172578 |
| Digital version | No |
