Deepen your understanding of your Latin or Greek texts by coming to our Yr 12/Lower 6th study day. more…
The day consists of talks on the AS-Level Latin and Greek set texts given by experts who teach and study at the University of Cambridge. These will help you understand these works in greater depth and show you how what you study fits into the broader context of the ancient world. There will also be an opportunity to take a guided tour of our famous cast gallery of classical sculpture, to visit one of the Colleges of the University, to participate in a “Greek for beginners” taster session, and to find out more about studying at Cambridge and applying successfully to University. See below for last year’s programme, to get a taste of what is on offer.
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Programme for 2015
10.00 – 10.30: Refreshments and Registration
Location: Faculty of Law Foyer
10.30 – 11.20: Session 1: AS-level prose set text Latin
‘pro lege Manilia: Cicero’s Perfect General (and his warts)’
Ingo Gildenhard (King’s)
Location: Faculty of Law, LG 18
11.30 – 12.20: Session 2: AS-level verse set text Latin
‘Changing times for Pentheus: Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511–733’
Chris Whitton (Emmanuel)
Location: Faculty of Law, LG 18
12.20 – 14.00: Lunch Break (please bring your own packed lunch)
12.30–13.30: Optional tour of a Cambridge College
Meet outside the Faculty of Law
13.30–14.00: Applying to Cambridge Q & A
Location: Faculty of Law, LG 17
14.00 – 14.50: Session 3: AS-level prose set text Greek and context lecture for prose set text Latin
Option 1: ‘Lysias, Against Simon, 5-39 and 44-48’
Rosanna Omitowoju (King’s)
Location: Faculty of Law, LG 18
Option 2: ‘Why Did the Roman Republic Fail?’
Ailsa Hunt (Fitzwilliam)
Location: Faculty of Law, LG 17
Option 3: ‘Casting light on classical sculpture: from Greece to Rome’ (Museum of Classical Archaeology)
Location: Faculty of Classics
15.00 – 15.50: Session 4: AS-level verse set text Greek and context lecture for verse set text Latin
Option 1: ‘Achilles and Hector: The Final Showdown, The Bigger Picture’
Emma Greensmith (Peterhouse)
Location: Faculty of Law, LG 18
Option 2: Ovid down the ages: Metamorphoses 3 in literature and art
Ingo Gildenhard (King’s)
Location: Faculty of Law, LG 17
Option 3: A Taster of Ancient Greek
Qasim Alli (King’s)
Location: Faculty of Classics, Room G.21