Classics
Classics
DISCOVER ANCIENT WORLDS
Classics invites students to explore the ancient world through its texts, ideas and material culture. Working with sources in both the original language and in translation, students learn to analyse, interpret and question what they read.
LANGUAGE AND LIFE
Students of Latin and/or Greek practise the habit of logical, careful thinking through the study of these highly inflected languages and their complex sentence structures. A deep understanding of grammar and syntax enables students to communicate more effectively in English and provides a strong foundation for the learning of other languages, especially Romance languages.
Students gain insight into Greek and Roman attitudes and ways of life, and pursue aesthetic appreciation through the study of the literature and art of Greece and Rome, as well as understanding and respect for cultures other than their own.
At school, you are engaged not so much in acquiring knowledge as in making mental efforts under criticism.
William Johnson Cory, a 19th century Master in Classics at Eton
All LC1 pupils take Latin. In UC3, they may also begin Greek.
At GCSE, we follow the OCR specification.
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