A2 Prose
Language: Thucydides
Literature: Plato, Protagoras 320b8–328d4
or Herodotus, Book VIII. 56–65, 78–88, 94–5, 97–9
A2 Verse
Language: Euripides (iambic trimeters)
Literature: Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 1–77, 300–428, 532–582, 1369–1415
or Aristophanes, Clouds 80–262, 961–1008, 1399–1475
AS Literature
Prose: Lysias, Against Simon Sections 5–39 and 44–48
Verse: Homer, Iliad 22 lines 247–474
GCSE
B403 Prose Literature:
Section A: Selections from Herodotus
Section XI: Captures of Babylon B, Second Capture, by Darius
Section B: Selections from Lucian
Lucian A True Story, Sections 7, 8 and 9, omitting sections 9b (12 lines) and 9c (10 lines)
B404 Verse Literature:
Section A: Selections from Homer Odyssey XXI
Homer Odyssey XXI, lines 288–423
Section B: Selections from Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides: Iphigenia in Aulis, lines 1–55, 155–201, 280–309
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