Latin a-level students

Does everybody else learn it off by heart? God it takes ages -_-

I can't remember specifics, but I think second half of 3.2 could happen, and I can't remember for the rest. I'll have an in-depth look tonight (since I planned on doing that anyway) and report back tomorrow.

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I think the Ovid is much quicker to learn

Quicker to learn than Caesar or Vergil in terms of the contain or the story? I see that quite differently. Ovid is most difficult in Latin by far. Not only in contains, but also in writing style.

I meant the Ovid set-text in comparison to the Cicero one. As the Ovid is in elegiac couplets it makes it easier to 'trace' the Latin as it were, whereas with the Cicero set text it sometimes is harder to follow it. Perhaps the meaning can be more difficult to understand but as we have had months of preparation on them it does lift that barrier a little bit.

I wasn't making a generalisation, merely comparing the work I've had to put in to revise the Cicero set-text as opposed to the Ovid one.

I'm thinking about doing Latin A-Level next year! Is it hard?

I'm thinking about doing Latin A-Level next year! Is it hard?

Okay, maybe this isn't tomorrow, but I've done it!

These parts of each of the texts have come up so far:

Ovid's Amores:
3.2, 'The One at the Races', lines 1 - 20 came up in 2012.
3.4, 'The One with the Guard', lines 5 - 20 came up in 2012.
3.14, 'The One with the Adultery', lines 1 - 30 came up in 2013.

Cicero In Verrem:
Paragraphs 53 & 54, the introduction, came up in 2012
Paragraph 63 came up in 2012.
Paragraphs 56 & 57, the comparison to Servilius, came up in 2013.
Paragraph 62 came up in 2013.

Hopefully that gives everyone an idea of what they should focus more on.

So If you had to guess do you think 'the Dream' Poem 5 would come up? Knowing exam boards though I doubt they'll follow any pattern, which is a shame.

Cicero In Verrem

I'm thinking about doing Latin A-Level next year! Is it hard?

I'm also trying to second-guess the examiners. My teacher is unsure about 'the Dream' as it seems too obvious and of course there's the controversial authorship argument. What kind of 10 markers could they set?

So If you had to guess do you think 'the Dream' Poem 5 would come up? Knowing exam boards though I doubt they'll follow any pattern, which is a shame.

I find it odd that you have to do In Verrem. It was his first major speech in Rome, IIRC, so it's hardly likely to be properly representative of his oratorical style. I've never read it, though. In Toga Candida, now - there was a fun piece! "quo usque tandem abutere, Catalina, patientia nostra?" - just rolls off the tongue

I thought Pro Roscio was his first major speech? Or maybe just his first speech altogether, not too sure. I haven't actually heard of Toga Candida - would you recommend it as a leisure read? English version of course.

I thought Pro Roscio was his first major speech? Or maybe just his first speech altogether, not too sure. I haven't actually heard of Toga Candida - would you recommend it as a leisure read? English version of course.