OCR A Level Classical Civilisation Paper 1 (H408/11) - 14th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

Does more pieces of required scholarship add to marks

Any predictions for Iliad questions? I have no idea what to expect but am definitely planning on doing the Iliad 30 marker

We have written out every questions since 2018 iliad and Aeneidfor the aeneid 30 marker i’m predicting another augustus as they haven’t spoken about him since 2018 in any question and the iliad they have never asked a 30 marker on Xenia , Death and mortality and i’m also thinking how a god (eg .. apollo or athene…) are the reason for the success/fall in the epic … that’s what i’m thinking ahhhh so nervous what do you think?

yall are crazy i so much prefer the iliad. Almost everyone in my classics does. Aeneas is the human version of the colour beige. I live for achilles and patroclus, and hector <3. I really really need the iliad question to be a good one

guys I keep forgetting the scholars for odyssey but I know I will most likely do the 30 marker on Aneieid, so do you guys think I should focus on memorising the scholars for aeneid

bullying aeneas???

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oh so I can make up the quote??

still can’t crack 30 markers - anyone got any tips on structure?

I usually do introduction, if the question asks about a theme E.g xenia, make sure to state what xenia is and its importance in the time. Then I do three paragraphs where I am arguing either for or against, and then I conclude, and make sure to come to a clear conclusion. My teacher recommends that in each paragraph you do 1 big example, 2 minor examples which you can link, one critic per paragraph and 2 context points throughout the whole essay (bc you don’t need to get carried away with examples just do them in detail) though I am unsure what context is in the Odyssey if anyone can help… is it like gender roles?

odyssey context i always use is greek exploration and how odysseus represents the ideal greek man through qualities like time/kleos- thank you sm also for thatmy thing rn is not making basic points hahaha

NOT HAVING THIS. Back off. At least Aeneas has a real job

a real job?? what might that be. abandoning wives? or procrastinating destiny? nah my man Hector was the one with the real job

His job is founding the city that will become Rome 🥱 What’s Hector doing? Dying? Telling Aeneas to leave Troy and save himself? Always yapping bro💀💀