The only exam-board approved book for OCR's Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for examination 2026-28 giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription to be read in English for A Level. The texts covered are:
AS and A Level Groups 1 & 3
Herodotus,
Histories, Book 7: 207-226
Plato,
Crito 43a-48d
Homer,
Odyssey, Book 16: 201-451
Sophocles,
Electra 1-85 and 254-416
A Level Groups 2 & 4
Herodotus,
Histories, Book 8: 6-26
Plato,
Crito 48d-end
Lucian,
Charon 1-5, 15-21
Homer,
Odyssey, Book 22: 1-238
Sophocles,
Electra 516-763
Aristophanes,
Birds 1-259
Supporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https://bloomsbury.pub/OCR-editions-2026-2028.
The only exam-board approved book for the texts examined as part of OCR's AS and A Level in Classical Greek for examinations in 2026-28.