1. AS Latin Unit L1: Latin Language (1.5 hrs) Unit L2: Latin Verse and Prose Literature (1.5 hrs) –Ovid Amores 3, poems 2, 4, 5, 14 –Cicero

2. Ovid: The Exam You will be presented with a passage (or passages) of the text (around 30 lines): Translation questions –c. 5 lines –Worth 30% marks –Needs to be accurate and fast Literary evaluation questions Mini-essay –10 marks –Approx. 15 mins Knowledge of context/factual background to the text –1 mark questions

3. Assessment Objectives AO1 Demonstrate Knowledge and Understanding –Recall and deploy relevant knowledge and understanding of literary, cultural, material or historical sources or linguistic forms, in their appropriate contexts AO2 Analysis, Evaluation and Presentation –Analyse, evaluate and respond to classical sources as appropriate –Select, organise and present relevant information and argument in a clear, logical, accurate and appropriate form

4. AO1 - KnowledgeAO2 - Analysis AS Unit L150% AS Unit L250% A2 Unit L340%60% A2 Unit L440%60%

5. Key Skills Ability to translate the text accurately and quickly Ability to offer literary evaluation of short passages Ability to write mini-essays on whole- text issues e.g. character, treatment of key themes

6. OVID

7. Ovid Born in Sulmo in 43 BC Died in 17/18 AD Educated in Rome His father wanted him to study rhetoric and law Ovid wanted to be a poet instead He produced an incredibly large amount of poetry in a range of genres, and is regarded as one of the great poets of antiquity In 8 AD, exiled to Tomis, on the black sea, for ‘carmen et error’ Died there 10 years later

8. What kind of poetry did Ovid write? Rhetorical training His early work is about love (amores, ars amatoria, remedia amoris) –Cheeky, irreverent; also moving His masterpiece is the Metamorphoses –Provides a history of the world from the Creation to the death of Julius Caesar – but with a twist: each story contains a metamorphosis –A large-scale poem in 15 books written in hexameters –It aspires to rival the great epic poets of the classical tradition (Virgil & Homer) – but on Ovid’s own terms. Tristia, (sorrows), published in 10 AD, autobiographical poem following his exile Epistulae a Ponto, (letters from the black sea) Influenced by Alexandrian poetry – learned and sophisticated Influenced by tragedy

9. Learned Witty Different Emotion & drama Character Light hearted – but serious too Poetic persona Love Humour Social values Plays with genre