OCR • Classics: Classical Civilisation

Notes on Aeneid World of the Hero Themes OCR A-Level A* with context, quotes from the text, quotes and analysis by scholars and essay plans in note form to some of the most common past paper questions. Themes include: - Augustan Rome and Patriotism - Fate - Divine Intervention - War and Peace - Suffering - Women - Cross-Text Comparisons - Odyssey and Iliad - Roman Values - Family

A* Notes on Seneca for Love and Relationships Classical Civilisation A-Level including context, analysis of texts, quotes from scholars and themes like: - Love - Lust and Desire - Marriage and Relationships - Men and Women - Class, Luxury and Hypocrisy - Homoerotic Relationships - Philosophy (Stoicism)

A* Notes on Sappho including context, quotes from scholars, quotes from the set texts and analysis of them and discussion of themes. Themes include: - Love - Marriage - Epithalamia - Skill and Music - The Gods and Religion - Epics - Class and Luxury - Time and Memory - Beauty

Notes on Plato including quotes from the texts, essay plans, context, and quotes from scholars from an A* student. Themes include: - Love and Lust - Desire - Morality - Marriage and Relationships - Men and Women - The State - Gods and Religion - Homoerotic Relationships - Plato's aims (can he be taken seriously - v common question)

A* Notes on Ovid's Life, and themes in his work including: - Love and Desire - Marriage/Relationships - Youth vs. Old Age - Men and Women - Sex - Old Rome vs. New Rome - Society and Values - Appearances - Importance of Poetry - Ovid's Audience (one of the most common qns) - Ovid's Aims (one of the most common qns on Ovid) Notes include quotes from the text and from scholars in order to get the highest grade!

Notes on sources with comments and analysis from scholars and all details needed for full marks on the OCR questions including: - Bird Chorus Chous - Perseus Vase - Choregos Vase - Wurzburg Telephus Krater - Cheiron Vase

A* Notes on play, plot, reception, characters and themes of Oedipus. Includes quotes from scholars and everything you need to ace the exam! Themes include: - Sight and Blindness - Corruption - Fate and Free Will - Prophecy and Oracles - Ignorance and Knowledge - Power and Class - Time, Memory, Age, and the Past - Identity and Self-Discovery - Pride and Hubris - Rumours and Reality

A* notes on Frogs with a summary of plot and reception, all characters and themes including: - Nature of Theatre - Use of Comedy - Value of Tragedy - Politics - Old vs. New - Religion and the gods - Slaves and Masters - Women and Femininity - Identity - Life and Death - Punishment and Vengeance

A* Greek Theatre Context - Everything you need to know for context for the Greek Theatre module of OCR A-Level Notes on genres and playwrights, cities and celebrations, stagecraft and architecture, sound vs. appearance, the chorus, and social, political and religious themes in plays

A* Notes on Bacchae (Play, Plot, Reception, Characters, Themes) Themes include: - Nature of Theatre - Hunting Imagery/The Animal Experience - Greeks vs. Barbarians (foreignness and "the other") - Disguise/Identity - The Truth and Reality - Rational vs. Irrational - Control vs. Freedom - Punishment and Vengeance - Gods and Mortals - Women and Femininity - Justice - Sympathy for Pentheus