Past Papers: A Level Greek

Unseen Translation (H444/01)

H444/01 consists of a prose passage (Xenophon or Thucydides) for translation and a verse passage (Euripides or Sophocles) for translation, and a short scansion task.

Year	Prose Passage	Verse Passage
2024	The Polemarchs are dragged to death Xenophon Hellenica V. 4, 5–7	Orestes in Tauris Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 77f.
2023	Xenophon gifts himself Xenophon Anabasis 7.iii 26-31	Xuthus finds a son Euripides, Ion 569–584
2022	Sparta are barred from the Olympics Thucydides 5.49	Creon appeals to Oedipus Sophocles Oed. Col. 728-44
2021	Sparta and "The Thucydides Trap" Thucydides I. 87.1–4; 1.88.1	Heracles ex machina Sophocles, Philoct. 1423–1438
2020	Hemocrates dupes the Athenians Thucydides VII. 73.1–3	Ajax addresses his Sun Sophocles, Ajax 845–865
2019	Alexander is slain by his bros-in-law Xenophon Hellenica VI. 4	Theseus gains a dad, loses a son Euripides, Hippolytus 1153–1170
2018	Menon and Clearchus kick off Xenophon Anabasis 1 v. 12–16	Theseus channels Antigone Euripides, The Suppliants 518–534
Specimen	The Athenians ditch the Corinthians Thucydides 1. 105–106	The death of Alkestis Euripides, Alkestis 376ff.

Prose composition or comprehension (H444/02)

H444/02 consists of a passage of English for translation into Greek, or a passage of Greek prose with comprehension questions.

Year	Comprehension	Prose Composition
2024	The Defence of Euxitheus Antiphon, On the Murder of Herodes	Theseus and the Minotaur
2023	An Athenian defends his past actions Andocides, On his Return 11–13, 15	The Tortoise and the Eagle
2022	A criticism of Demosthenes Aeschines, Vs Ctesiphon 149–151	The aftermath of Caesar's murder
2021	The achievements of Leosthenes Hyperides, Funeral Oration 10–14	Cimon batters the Persians
2020	Alcibiades is defended by his son Isocrates, On the Team of Horses	The Plataeans batter a few Thebans
2019	Philon is a wrong'un Lysias, Against Philon 7–11	Clearchus demands a fight
2018	Mantitheus defends himself Lysias, For Mantitheus 15–17	Epaminondas invades Achaea
Specimen	Who's Pankleon? Lysias, Against Pankleon 5ff.	Themistokles rejects human sacrifice