A course of three lectures per week with tutorial classes, throughout the year.
SYLLABus. (i) Study of prescribed Greek authors.
(ii) Study of Greek accidence and syntax and translation into Classical Greek prose and Iambic verse.
(iii) Translation at sight from Greek prose and verse authors.
(iv) Study of historical and cultural background.
Booкs. (a) Prescribed text-books : As for Ordinary Degree together with
*Homer—Odyssey, IX and X. (Stanford, Macmillan.) (b) Recommended for reference:
As for Ordinary Degree, together with the references for Homer listed under Greek Part II.
ExnMiNATIox. Three 3-hour papers (one on Prose and Verse Composition, one on Unprepared Translation and iiie on Prescribed Texts and Historical and Cultural Background).
LATIN PART I
A course of five lectures per week, with tutorial classes, throughout the year.
SуLLAnus. (i) Study of prescribed Latin auth ors.
(ii) Study of Latin accidence and syntax and translation into Latin prose and into Elegiac v erse.
(iii) Translation at sight from Latin prose and verse authors.
(iv) Study of historical and cultural background.
Booкs. (a) Prescribed text-books : 131
(i) Latin authors
As for Ordinary Degree together with :
*Cicero—Philippics, V-VII. (Brighouse, Blackie.) (ii) For Prose and Verse Composition
*Mountford, J. F. (ed.)—Braдley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition. (Long- mans.)
*Kerry, W. Easy Passages for Latin Prose Composition. (Melbourne Uni- versity Press.)
*Cooper, C. G.—Introduction to the Latin. Hexameter. (Macmillan.)
*Kennedy, B. H. Revised Latin Primer. (Longmans.) (b) Recommended for reference :
As for Ordinary Degree, together with references for Cicero listed under Latin Part II.
EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour papers (as for Greek Part I Ions.).
GREEK PART II
A course of three lectures per week, with tutorial classes, throughout the year.
Sm.аΡвus. (i) Study of prescribed Greek authors.
(ii) More advanced prose and verse composition.
(iii) More advanced unprescribed translation.
(iv) Aspects of the history, antiquities and literature of Classical Greece, revelant to the study of prescribed texts.
Booxs. (a) Prescribed texts:
As for Ordinary Degree.
(b) Recommended for reference:
As for Ordinary Degree.
ЕxаΡмrxаΡтiox. Three 3-hоиг and one 1?-hоиг papers (the 3-hour papers on each of parts (i), (ii) and (iii), and the 11-hour paper on part (iv), of the syllabus).
LATIN PART II
A course of four lectures per week, together with tutorial classes, throughout the year.
Svt.r.AВus. (i) Study of prescribed Latin authors.
(ii) More advanced prose and verse composition.
(iii) More advanced unprescribed translation.
(iv) Aspects of history, antiquities and literature of Classical Rome relevant to the study of the prescribed texts.
Booxs. (a) Prescribed text-books:
As for Ordinary Degree.
(b) Recommended for reference:
As for Ordinary Degree.
EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour and one 1¡-hour papers (as for Greek Fart II Ions.).
GREEK PART III
A course of three lectures per week, together with tutorial classes, throughout the year.
SYLLABUS. (i) Study of prescribed Greek authors with attention to relevant topics of history, antiquities, art and literature.
(ii) More advanced prose composition.
(iii) More advanced unprescribed translation.
(iv) A special study: either a special "background" study pres- cribed by the Professor or more advanced verse composition.
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Note : special "background" studies will be offered according to the interests of students and the available staff. They are intended to provide training for the more detailed special study of the Final Year. A student also offering Latin will be advised to undertake one study relevant to both Greek and Latin. The normal means of testing will be by an essay to be handed in at the beginning of Third Term.
(v) Greek Philosophy: the Pre-Socratics.
Booxs. (a) Prescribed text-books : As for Greek Part II together with
*Sophoclel—Ocdipiиs Tyra nus. (Jebb, C.U.P.)
*Jackson, H.—Texts to Illustrate the History of Greek Philosophy. (Macmillan.) (b) Recommended for reference :
As for Greek Part III (Ordinary Degree) together with Burnet, J.—Early Greek Philosophy. (Black.)
Raven, J. E. Pythagoreans and Eleatics. (C.U.P.)
Jaeger, W.—Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers. (Oxford.) Bailey, C.—Greek Atomists and Epicurus. (Oxford.)
Note: supplementary lists for Greek Philosophy and reading guides for each special study will be issued during the course.
EXAMINATION (a) For Part I of the Final Examination:
1. Prescribed Greek authors: one 3-hour paper.
2. Greek Philosophy: one 2-hour paper.
(b) Annual Examination:
1. Greek Unseen Translation : one 3-hour paper.
2. One 3-hour paper in each of Greek Prose Composition and the Special Study unless exempted by the Professor as a result of satisfactory work during the first two terms.
LATIN PART III
A course of three lectures and two tutorial classes per week, throughout the year, together with additional tutorial classes.
SУLLnвus. (i) Study of prescribed Latin authors with attention to relevant topics of history, antiquities, art and literature.
(ii) More advanced prose composition.
(iii) More advanced unprescribed translation.
(iv) A special study: either more advanced verse composition or a special "background" study prescribed by the Professor according to the plan set out under Greek Part III.
(v) Imperial Rome.
Booxs. (a) Prescribed text-books : As for Latin Part II together with
*Qиintilian—Selections. (Gaunt, Heinemann.) (b) Recommended for reference:
As for Latin Part III (Ordinary Degree).
Note: during the course reading guides will be issued for Imperial Rome and each special study.
EXAMINATION. (a) For Part I of the Final Examination:
1. Prescribed Latin authors: one 3-hour paper.
2. Imperial Rome: one 2-hour paper.
(b) Annual Examination:
1. Latin Unseen Translation : one 3-hour paper.
2. One 3-hour paper in each of Latin Prose Composition and the Special Study unless exempted by the Professor as a result of satisfactory work during the first two terms.
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