This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for 2024-26 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 1, 1-6, 8-13 and 19-22 Plato, Republic, Book 1, 327a to 332b Homer, Iliad, Book 16, lines 20-47, 644-867 Euripides, Hippolytus, 284-361, 391-524 A Level Groups 2&4 Herodotus, Histories, Book 7: 34-35, 38-39, 45-52, 101-105 Plato, Republic, Book 1, 336b to 337a7 and 338a4 to end of 342 Plutarch, Life of Anthony, 76-86 Homer, Iliad, Book 24, lines 349-595 Euripides, Hippolytus, 601-624, 627-633, 638-662, 664-668, 682-731, 885-911, 914-1028, 1030-1035 Aristophanes, Frogs, 1-208 and 830-874 Supplementary resources are available on the Companion Website: https://www.bloomsbury.pub/OCR-editions-2024-2026.

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 1, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Period Study: The Persian Empire, 559-465 BC by James Renshaw Depth Study: From Tyranny to Democracy, 546-483 BC by Sam Baddeley Depth Study: Athens in the Age of Pericles, 462-429 BC by Paul Fowler and James Renshaw Depth Study: Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC by Lucy Nicholas Was propaganda Persia's greatest weapon? How did Athens create democracy? Does Pericles' Athens deserve to be remembered as civilised or barbaric? How did Alexander dominate the ancient world by the age of 32? This book raises these and other key questions. GCSE students and their teachers will explore key political and social developments of the Greek and Persian worlds through the eyes of ancient historians and archaeology. This book invites us to look at ancient societies in a new light and helps explain the development of the modern world. The ideal preparation for the final examinations, all content is presented by experts and experienced teachers in a clear and accessible narrative. Ancient literary and visual sources are described and analysed, with supporting images. Helpful student features include study questions, further reading, and boxes focusing in on key people, events and terms. Practice questions and exam guidance prepare students for assessment. A Companion Website is available at www.bloomsbury.com/anc-hist-gcse.

PLEASE NOTE that due to the previous text options being set for an extra exam year (summer 2021 for AS; summer 2022 for A Level) the dates given in the title, on the cover and inside this book are incorrect. An errata slip has been included. ----- The only exam-board approved book for OCR's Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for 2022-24 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 Thucydides, Histories, Book 6, 19 to 6.32 Plato, Symposium, 189c2 to 194e2 Homer, Odyssey 1, lines 213-444 Sophocles, Ajax, lines 1-133, 284-347, 748-783 A Level Groups 2&4 Thucydides, Histories, Book 6, 47 to 50.1 and 53 to 61 Plato, Symposium, 201d to end of 206b Plutarch, Alcibiades, X.1.1 to XVI.5 Homer, Odyssey 6, lines 85-331 Sophocles, Ajax, lines 430-582, 646-692, 815-865 Aristophanes, Clouds, lines 1-242 Resources are available on the Companion Website.