OCR Anthology for Classical Greek AS and A Level: 2026–2028

The only exam-board approved book for OCR's Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for examination 2026–28 giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription to be read in English for A Level. The texts covered are:



AS and A Level Groups 1 & 3

Herodotus, Histories, Book 7: 207–226

Plato, Crito 43a–48d

Homer, Odyssey, Book 16: 201–451

Sophocles, Electra 1–85 and 254–416



A Level Groups 2 & 4

Herodotus, Histories, Book 8: 6–26

Plato, Crito 48d–end

Lucian, Charon 1–5, 15–­21

Homer, Odyssey, Book 22: 1–238

Sophocles, Electra 516–763

Aristophanes, Birds 1–259



Supporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https://bloomsbury.pub/OCReditions-2026-2028.