VCE Classical Studies: Classical Works List 2018

VCE Classical Studies Classical Works List 2018

List 1 applies to Area of Study 1 in Units 3 and 4 It comprises: eight individual classical works: four Greek works and four Roman works works from a range of forms. Teachers must select two works from List 1, one to be studied in Unit 3 Area of Study 1 and one to be studied in Unit 4 Area of Study 1.

List 2 applies to Area of Study 2 in Units 3 and 4 It comprises: seven pairs of classical works: three pairs of Greek works, three pairs of Roman works and one Greek/Roman pair works able to be compared in terms of ideas and techniques. Teachers must select two pairs of works from List 2, one pair to be studied in Unit 3 Area of Study 2 and one pair to be studied in Unit 4 Area of Study 2.

Classical Works Lists 2018

List 1 Individual Works

Greece: Individual works Homer, The Iliad, Book 6 Translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Classics, 1998 Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War Translated by Rex Warner and with an introduction and notes by M. I. Finley, Penguin Classics, 1972 1.1 (p.35: ‘Thucydides … in anything else.’); 1.20–23 (pp.46–49: ‘In investigating past history … they are as follows.’); 6.8–32 (pp.414–429: ‘At the beginning … allies was assembling.’); 7.59–87 (pp.516–537: ‘The Syracusans … events in Sicily.’) Euripides, ‘Bacchae’ from The Bacchae and Other Plays Translated by John Davie with an introduction and notes by Richard Rutherford, Penguin Classics, 2005 Greek vases Greek Black-figure and Red-figure vases on the theme of mythology

Black-figure Ajax with the body of Achilles (NGV, Melbourne, 1729/4) Ajax and Achilles playing a game (Vatican Museum, Rome, 16757) Hercules and the Nemean Lion (Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 1931.0003) Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar (Antikensammlungen, Munich, 1561/J394) Achilles killing Penthesileia (British Museum, London, B210) Hercules and Cerberus (British Museum, London, 1893.7-12.11) Aeneas and Anchises (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Lieden, Holland, PC 49) Fight over the body of Patroclus (National Archaeological Museum, Athens, A26746)

Red-figure Amazonomachy (NGV, Melbourne, 1391/5) Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra (British Museum, London, 1929.5–13.1) Odysseus and the Sirens (British Museum, London, E440) Actaeon (British Museum, London, F176) Hercules and Nessus (British Museum, London, E176) Ajax suicide (British Museum, London, F480)

Note: The above list includes the museum where the vases are held and the identification number. Each classical work is hyperlinked to its catalogue page on the museum webpage.

Rome: Individual works Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 4 Translated and with an Introduction by David West, Penguin Classics, Revised Edition, 2003 Cicero, ‘On Duties’, Book 3, from Cicero Selected Works Translated by Michael Grant, Penguin Classics, Reprinted with revisions, 1971 Ovid, Metamorphoses Translated and with an introduction by Mary M. Innes, Penguin, 1955 pp. 29–41: Creation story: Lycaon; Deucalion and Pyrrha (‘My purpose is …locks’) pp. 44–49: Story of Jupiter and Io; Argus, Pan/Syrinx (‘Only Inachus…rises’) pp. 49–59: Phaethon (‘Phaethon…brides’) pp. 229–30: Hyacinthus (‘Hyacinthus…usage’) pp. 238–245: Venus/Adonis; Atalanta/Hippomenes (‘The infant…anemone’) pp. 305–309: Polyphemus/Galatea (‘One day…original name’)

Roman Portraits Augustus of Prima Porta (Musei Vaticani, Rome, 2290) Augustus as Pontifex Maximus (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome) Caligula wearing a toga (Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia,71.20) Claudius as Jupiter (Musei Vaticani, Rome, 243) Messalina with her son Britannicus (Louvre, Paris 1224) Nero and Agrippina (Museum of Aphrodisias, Turkey) Head of Vespasian (NGV, Melbourne, D48–1970) Emperor Trajan (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Holland, H II BB 1) Bronze bust of Hadrian (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IAA 1975–763) Marcus Aurelius on horseback (Capitoline Museum, Rome, MC3247) Bust of Commodus as Hercules (Capitoline Museum, Rome, MC1120) Bust of Caracalla, (Palazzo Nuovo, Capitoline Museum, Rome, MC0464)

Note: The above list includes the museum where the portraits are held and the identification number. Each classical work is hyperlinked to its catalogue page on the museum webpage.

List 2: Paired works

Greece: Pairs Aeschylus, ‘The Persians’ in The Persians and Other Plays Translated with an Introduction by Alan H. Sommerstein, Penguin Classics, 2009 AND Herodotus, The Histories Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt. Revised with Introduction and Notes by John Marincola, Penguin Classics, 2003 1.1–5 (pp.3–5: ‘Herodotus … attention to both alike.’); 6.94–117 (pp.394–412: ‘While Athens and Aegina … the man on his side’); 8.1–120 (pp.501–543: ‘The following … Xerxes boarded a ship.’)

Aristophanes, ‘The Clouds’ in Lysistrata and Other Plays Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Alan H. Sommerstein, Penguin Classics, 2002 AND Plato, ‘Crito’ from The Last Days of Socrates Translated by Hugo Tredennick and Harold Tarrant. Introduction and Notes by Harold Tarrant. Penguin Classics, 2003

Homer, The Odyssey, Books 21–22 Translated by Robert Fagles. Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox, Penguin Classics, 1996 AND Sophocles, ‘Ajax’ from Electra and Other Plays Translated and edited by David Raeburn, with an introduction by Pat Easterling, Penguin Classics, 2008

Rome: Pairs Horace, Odes: Book 1: 1, 5, 6, 9, 11, 21, 22, 37; Book 2: 1, 3, 6, 7, 12, 18; Book 3: 13, 14, 30; Book 4: 5, 7, 14, 15 Translated by J. Michie. Introduction by G. Davis The Modern Library Classics, 2001 AND Ovid, ‘Tristia’ Books 1, 2, and 3, 1–3 in The Poems of Exile Translated by P. Green, Penguin Classics, 1994

Livy, The Rise of Rome A new translated by T. J. Luce, Oxford World’s Classics, 1998

© VCAA Page 5 VCE Classical Studies: Classical Works List 2018 Preface (pp. 3–4); Book 1.22–26 (pp.27–33); Book 2.33–41(pp.104–114); Book 3.25–29 (pp.166– 171); Book 3.43–51 (pp.184–193); Book 5.18–30 (pp.301–315) AND Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome, pp. 31–42 (From Augustus to Tiberius); pp. 90–103 (The First Treason Trials); pp. 104–128 (The Death of Germanicus) Translated with an Introduction by Michael Grant, Penguin Classics, 1996

Plautus, ‘Pseudolus’ in The Pot of Gold and Other Plays, Translated with an introduction by E. F. Watling, Penguin Classics, 1965 AND Terence, ‘The Eunuch’ in The Comedies, Translated with an introduction by B. Radice, Penguin Classics, 1976

Greek and Roman Pair Parthenon (Greece) and Ara Pacis (Rome)