OCR Anthology for Classical Greek AS and A Level: 2026–2028
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/OCReditions-2026-2028.
Matthew Barr is Head of Classics at RMS for Girls, UK.
John Claughton taught Classics at Eton for 17 years and was Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham from 2006 to 2016, UK.
Benedict Gravell teaches Classics at Westminster School, UK.
Ellice Hetherington teaches Classics at Harrow School, UK.
Rowena Hewes teaches Classics at Westminster School, UK.
Stuart R. Thomson is a Lector in Classical Languages at the University of Oxford, UK.