Subject Overview

Ancient Greek is concerned with the study of the language, literature, history, art and architecture of Ancient Greece. The emphasis is very much on the reading of the great writers such as Homer , Plato, Sophocles and Euripides.

Content

Leaving Certificate Greek may be studied at Ordinary and at Higher level.
Students at Higher level are required to do Composition from the vernacular into Greek and to read greater quantities of Greek literature than students at Ordinary level.
The main areas of the course are as follows:

Prescribed texts
Unprescribed texts
Composition (Higher level only)
History (including Art and Literature)

Assessment

Ancient Greek is assessed by written examination. There are separate at Ordinary level and Higher level papers
The total number of marks is 400.
Translation, Comprehension and Composition account for 310 marks.
History, Art and Literature account for 90 marks