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Title: OCR 2024 GCSE Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A With Marking Scheme Merged
Description: OCR 2024 GCSE Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A With Marking Scheme Merged CLASSICAL GREEK Oxford Cambridge and RSA Tuesday 21 May 2024 – Afternoon GCSE (9–1) Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A Time allowed: 1 hour Do not use: • a dictionary * J 2 9 2 0 2 * Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes. Centre number First name(s) Last name Candidate number INSTRUCTIONS • Use black ink. • Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown. • Answer all the questions. INFORMATION • The total mark for this paper is 50. • The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ]. • Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*). • This document has 12 pages. ADVICE • Read each question carefully before you start your answer. 2 1 Read the passage and answer the questions. οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν μὲν ἢ Ψαμμήτιχον σφῶν βασιλεῦσαι, ἐνόμιζον ἑαυτοὺς πρώτους γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων· ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ψαμμήτιχος βασιλεύσας ἠθέλησεν εἰδέναι οἵτινες γένοιντο πρῶτοι, ἀπὸ τούτου χρόνου νομίζουσι Φρύγας προτέρους γενέσθαι ἑαυτῶν, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ἑαυτούς. Tales from Herodotus II (Psammetichus) 1–5 (a) οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν … γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων (lines 1–2): according to Herodotus, what did the Egyptians believe before the reign of Psammetichus? .......................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................... [1] (b) ἀπὸ τούτου χρόνου … ἄλλων ἑαυτούς (lines 3–4): how did their opinion change as a result of Psammetichus’ investigation? .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................
Description: OCR 2024 GCSE Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A With Marking Scheme Merged CLASSICAL GREEK Oxford Cambridge and RSA Tuesday 21 May 2024 – Afternoon GCSE (9–1) Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A Time allowed: 1 hour Do not use: • a dictionary * J 2 9 2 0 2 * Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes. Centre number First name(s) Last name Candidate number INSTRUCTIONS • Use black ink. • Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown. • Answer all the questions. INFORMATION • The total mark for this paper is 50. • The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ]. • Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*). • This document has 12 pages. ADVICE • Read each question carefully before you start your answer. 2 1 Read the passage and answer the questions. οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν μὲν ἢ Ψαμμήτιχον σφῶν βασιλεῦσαι, ἐνόμιζον ἑαυτοὺς πρώτους γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων· ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ψαμμήτιχος βασιλεύσας ἠθέλησεν εἰδέναι οἵτινες γένοιντο πρῶτοι, ἀπὸ τούτου χρόνου νομίζουσι Φρύγας προτέρους γενέσθαι ἑαυτῶν, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ἑαυτούς. Tales from Herodotus II (Psammetichus) 1–5 (a) οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν … γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων (lines 1–2): according to Herodotus, what did the Egyptians believe before the reign of Psammetichus? .......................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................... [1] (b) ἀπὸ τούτου χρόνου … ἄλλων ἑαυτούς (lines 3–4): how did their opinion change as a result of Psammetichus’ investigation? .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................
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CLASSICAL GREEK
OCR 2024
GCSE Classical Greek
J292/02 Prose Literature A
With Marking Scheme Merged
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Tuesday 21 May 2024 – Afternoon
GCSE (9–1) Classical Greek
J292/02 Prose Literature A
Time allowed: 1 hour
Do not use:
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Centre number
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Tales from Herodotus II (Psammetichus) 1–5
(a) οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν … γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων (lines 1–2): according to Herodotus, what
did the Egyptians believe before the reign of Psammetichus?
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ταῦτα δ’ ἐποίει τε καὶ ἐνετέλλετο ὁ Ψαμμήτιχος ἐθέλων ἀκοῦσαι ἥντινα φωνὴν
ῥήξουσι πρώτην οἱ παῖδες, ἀπαλλαχθέντων τῶν ἀσήμων κνυζημάτων
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Tales from Herodotus II (Psammetichus) 13–18
(a) ταῦτα δ’ ἐποίει τε καὶ ἐνετέλλετο (line 1):
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Μυκερίνῳ τὰ μὲν τοῦ πατρὸς ἔργα ἀφήνδανε· ὁ δὲ τά τε ἱερὰ ἀνέῳξε, καὶ τὸν
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(a) Μυκερίνῳ τὰ μὲν … δικαιοτάτας ἔκρινεν (lines 1–3):
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Translation:
Hearing this, since this sentence had already been passed for him, Mycerinus had many lamps
made and, lighting these up whenever night came on, he would drink and have a good time, not
letting up during either day or night, roaming into the marshes and the groves and wherever in
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μέχρι μὲν τεττάρων μηνῶν πλοῦ καὶ ὁδοῦ γιγνώσκεται ὁ Νεῖλος, πάρεξ τοῦ ἐν
Αἰγύπτῳ ῥεύματος
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Tales from Herodotus XV(A) (Pygmies) 1–4
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πόλιν ἔρρει ποταμὸς μέγας, ἔρρει δ’ ἀφ’ ἑσπέρας πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα, ἐφαίνοντο
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J292/02
Mark Scheme
June 2024
MARKING INSTRUCTIONS
PREPARATION FOR MARKING
RM ASSESSOR
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When a candidate provides contradictory responses, then no mark should be awarded, even if one of the answers is correct
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Examiners will need to apply professional judgement as to whether
the second (or a subsequent) response is a ‘new start’ or simply a poorly expressed continuation of the first response
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Assistant Examiners will send a brief report on the performance of candidates to their Team Leader (Supervisor) via email by the end of the marking
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Descriptor
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On the borderline of this level and the one below
At bottom of level
Just enough achievement on balance for this
level
Meets the criteria but with some slight
inconsistency
Above bottom and either below middle or at middle of level (depending on number of marks
available)
Above middle and either below top of level or at middle of level (depending on number of marks
available)
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Guidance
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They were the first / oldest of all people / men
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‘earlier than everyone’)
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Accept ‘human beings’
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The Phrygians were older than themselves / the oldest [1]
AO2
2
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They (themselves) / the Egyptians were earlier / older than
the rest [of the world]
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[1]
• the shepherd should feed them (goat’s) milk / tend
to their daily needs
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He wanted to hear what speech / word(s) / language the
children would utter first [1]
once they were past (the age of) meaningless babbling /
whimpering / inarticulate noises [1]
AO2
2
For the second mark, answer must show understanding
of ἀπαλλαχθέντων τῶν ἀσήμων κνυζημάτων
Either ‘alone’ or ‘empty’/’deserted’ (ἐρημῃ) required
children of human interaction / social contact [1]
• He might worry about having to say nothing to
them [1]
• He might feel ill-equipped to care for babies [1]
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expresses a valid point based on a relevant aspect of
content or aspect of literary style, with accurate,
relevant and suitably explained reference to the Greek
expresses a valid point, but is not fully supported by
an appropriate selection of content or aspect of
literary style or reference to the Greek
Point is not valid, or none are drawn
Answers may include:
• καὶ κάρτα ἡγοῦνται αὐτοὺς εἶναι ἱερούς ‘most certainly think
that they are sacred’: veneration emphasised by καὶ κάρτα
• ἕνα … τρέφουσι κροκόδειλον ‘rear one crocodile’: one is
specially selected
• δεδιδαγμένον εἶναι χειροήθη ‘trained to be tame’: unusual
treatment of a frightening wild beast
• Details of adornment: ἀρτήματα δὲ εἰς τὰ ὦτα ἐνθέντες καὶ
ἀμφιδέας περὶ τοὺς προσθίους πόδας ‘putting earrings in its
ears and bracelets around its (fore)feet’
• σιτία ἀποτακτὰ διδόντες καὶ ἱερεῖα ‘giving it special food and
holy offerings’: they treat it like a god; repetition of ἱερεῖα
• Polysyndeton (καὶ x 3) emphasises the two previous points
• περιέπουσιν ὡς κάλλιστα ‘they treat them as well as possible’:
superlative emphasises
• ζῶντας· ἀποθανόντας ‘while they live; (and) after they die’:
juxtaposition stresses that they are revered both alive and dead
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Guidance
οἱ δὲ περί τε Θήβας καὶ τὴν Μοίρεως λίμνην
οἰκοῦντες καὶ κάρτα ἡγοῦνται αὐτοὺς εἶναι ἱερούς·
ἕνα δὲ ἑκάτεροι τρέφουσι κροκόδειλον,
δεδιδαγμένον εἶναι χειροήθη· ἀρτήματα δὲ εἰς τὰ
ὦτα ἐνθέντες καὶ ἀμφιδέας περὶ τοὺς προσθίους
πόδας, καὶ σιτία ἀποτακτὰ διδόντες καὶ ἱερεῖα,
περιέπουσιν ὡς κάλλιστα ζῶντας· ἀποθανόντας
δὲ ταριχεύοντες θάπτουσιν ἐν ἱεραῖς θήκαις
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The people
from both places rear one crocodile, trained to be
tame; and putting earrings in its ears and bracelets
around its forefeet, and giving it special food and
holy offerings, they treat them as well as possible
while they live; and after they die they embalm them
and bury them in sacred coffins
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repetition of ἱερούς) can be rewarded, so long as the
context is clearly understood
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• He let the people / freed them to get on with their
business / worship / sacrifices
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judge / making judgements
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He says that the people had been ‘worn down / afflicted to
the limit of their suffering’
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ταριχεύοντες θάπτουσιν ἐν ἱεραῖς θήκαις ‘they embalm them
and bury them in sacred coffins’: divine treatment; repetition of
ἱεραῖς
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not been credited in 4ai
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Do not accept ἐπιτηδεύοντι, which requires ταῦτα to
complete its sense (ie a phrase, not a single word)
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June 2024
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For full marks, response must include at least one
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Point is not valid, or none are drawn
TRANSLATION SUPPLIED
Answers may include:
• ἀκούσας … ποιησάμενος … ἀνάψας ‘hearing…had
made…lighting up’: series of (aorist) participles suggests
determined response to the oracle
• λύχνα ποιησάμενος πολλά ‘had many lamps made’; adjective
πολλά emphasises that he is sparing no expense
• ὅπως γίγνοιτο νύξ ‘whenever night came on’: he did not allow
night to get in the way; ὅπως + optative mirrored later by ἵνα …
πυνθάνοιτο ‘wherever he learned’
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ἔπινέ τε καὶ ηὐπάθει ‘he would drink and have a good time’:
imperfect tenses stress continuous revelry
οὔθ’ ἡμέρης οὔτε νυκτὸς ἀνιείς ‘not letting up during either
day or night’: more emphasis upon his constant partying
εἴς τε τὰ ἕλη καὶ τὰ ἄλση πλανώμενος ‘roaming into the
marshes and the groves’: τε … καὶ construction and variety of
location (ἕλη … ἄλση) stress extent of his activities
ἵνα γῆς πυνθάνοιτο εἶναι ἐνηβητήρια ἐπιτηδειότατα
‘wherever in the land he learned that there were the most
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Hearing this, since this sentence had already been
passed for him, Mycerinus had many lamps made
and, lighting these up whenever night came on, he
would drink and have a good time, not letting up
during either day or night, roaming into the marshes
and the groves and wherever in the land he learned
that there were the most suitable places of
amusement
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• He wanted to have 12 years instead of six
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Do not accept ‘He wanted to make the most of his
allotted time’ (vel sim), since this could be assumed
from the previous question
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If a candidate has communicated the ‘gist’ of a senten ce (e
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they know who
has done what to whom) they will score 5, 4 or 3 marks
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A completely correct translation with no omissions or errors will always score 5
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This will depend on the gravity of their errors/omissions and may depend on the
number of words in the sentence to be translated or the difficulty of the Greek and is usually decided at standardisation aft er a judgment has been formed
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A word containing more than one error should be treated as a maximum of one serious error
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Mark
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μέχρι μὲν τεττάρων μηνῶν πλοῦ καὶ ὁδοῦ γιγνώσκεται
ὁ Νεῖλος, πάρεξ τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ῥεύματος
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τὸ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦδε οὐδεὶς ἔχει σαφῶς
φράσαι
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It flows from the west and
the sun’s setting
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AO2
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Guidance
Accept
μέχρι ‘as far as’
πλοῦ ‘by sailing’, ‘voyage’
ὁδοῦ ‘travel’, ‘journey’, ‘road’
γιγνώσκεται ‘has been explored’
πάρεξ ‘outside’, ‘after’, ‘except’
ῥεύματος ‘stream’, ‘course’, ‘part which flows’
ἑσπέράς ‘evening’
Omission of μὲν … δ’ (after ῥεῖ) … τε
τὸ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦδε ‘from this point on’ (vel sim)
Inconsequential error
μέχρι ‘only’ (but accept ‘only as far as’)
πάρεξ ‘from’
καὶ (line 1) ‘or’
ὁδοῦ ‘by foot’
τοῦ ‘a’ (ie indefinite instead of definite)
historic translation of γιγνώσκεται… ῥεῖ… ἔχει
ἔχει ‘has’ (but accept ‘has the ability to…’)
οὐδεὶς ἔχει σαφῶς φράσαι ‘nothing can be said
clearly’
More serious error
τεττάρων μηνῶν ‘the fourth month’
ῥεύματος ‘source’
τε καὶ ‘to’
οὐδεὶς ἔχει ‘nothing has’
any omitted ‘substantial’ word (ie not particle)
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Guidance on applying the marking grids for the 8-mark extended response
This question focuses on candidates’ ability to select relevant examples of content and literary style and to structure an an swer around these examples to
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Examiners must use a best fit approach to the marking grid
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8-mark grid for the extended response question AO3 = 8 marks = Analyse, evaluate and respond to literature
Level
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Description
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7–8
• very good engagement with the question
• expresses a range of relevant points, with good development, drawn on a range of well selected aspects of content and
features of literary style, with a good range of appropriate quotation with well thought out discussion
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• some engagement with the question
• expresses some points drawn on a limited range of aspects of content and/or features of literary style, with some
appropriate quotation and some discussion
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Answers may include:
• χῶρον πολὺν ψαμμώδη ‘a wide sandy region’: sense of
an expanse of unfamiliar territory
• χῶρον πολὺν … πολλαῖς ἡμέραις ‘wide region…many
days’: chiasmus emphasises boredom and length of time
before …
• εἶδον δή ποτε ‘they eventually saw’: exciting moment
• δένδρα ἐν πεδίῳ πεφυκότα ‘trees growing on a plain’:
description of the landscape, underlined by π-alliteration
(continued into the next clause); we wonder whether these
will be ordinary trees
• ἥπτοντο … ἁπτομένοις ‘they tried to touch…as they
were touching’: sense of exploration / enquiry,
emphasised by imperfect (ἥπτοντο) and by polyptoton
(ἁπτομένοις)
• ἄνδρες μικροί, μετρίων ἐλάττονες ἀνδρῶν ‘small men
[delayed in clause], smaller than men of normal size’:
diminutive stature emphasised by μ-alliteration, chiasmus
and comparative ἐλάττονες after μικροί; cf
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παρὰ δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἔρρει ποταμὸς μέγας,
ἔρρει δ’ ἀφ’ ἑσπέρας πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα,
ἐφαίνοντο δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ κροκόδειλοι
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Alongside the city there flowed a great river, and it
flowed from the west towards the rising sun, and there
were evidently crocodiles in it
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παρὰ δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἔρρει ποταμὸς μέγας ‘Alongside the
city there flowed a great river’: π-alliteration and delay of
ποταμὸς μέγας hold reader’s attention
ἔρρει… ἔρρει ‘flowed’: repetition emphasises’ river’s
direction of flow ( ἀφ’ ἑσπέρας πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα
‘from the west towards the rising sun’)
ἐφαίνοντο δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ κροκόδειλοι ‘and there were
evidently crocodiles in it’: ἐφαίνοντο at start of clause +
delay / emphatic final position of κροκόδειλοι; gripping
eye-witness account
16
Guidance
At least one style point required for L3
At least two style points required for L4
J292/02
Mark Scheme
June 2024
Guidance on applying the marking grids for the 10-mark extended response
Two Assessment Objectives are being assessed in this question; AO2 (Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of literature) and AO3 (Analyse, evaluate and
respond to literature)
...
Examiners must use a best fit approach to the marking grid
...
For example, you should not be able to achieve a mark of 8 made up of AO2 = 6 and AO3 = 2
...
Responses are
credited for AO3 for how well the response addresses the question, for candidates selecting relevant examples from the set texts they have studied and drawing
and expressing conclusions based on the selected examples in relation to the question posed
...
In relation to the question (How does Herodotus maintain the reader’s interest in his various stories about African people and their rulers? ), details drawn from the
four stories in the prescription would be evidence of AO2, whilst using this evidence to evaluate how Herodotus avoids boring the reader / keeps the reader
engaged would be evidence of AO3
...
3
5–6
• some knowledge and understanding of the set text (AO2)
• a reasonable response to the question which is supported by some examples from the set text (AO3)
The response presents a line of reasoning which is mostly relevant and has some structure
...
1
1–2
•
•
very limited knowledge and understanding of the set text (AO2)
a very limited response to the question with very limited reference to the set text (AO3)
The information is communicated in an unstructured way
...
Question
8*
Answer
Mark
How does Herodotus maintain the reader’s interest in his
various stories about African people and their rulers?
10 made
up of
AO2=5
&
AO3=5
Assess against criteria in the 10-mark essay grid (see
above)
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We should be wary,
however, of judging Herodotus by modern standards of
historiography
...
In writing at length
about non-Greek places, he fulfils this objective, sustaining the
reader’s interest in a number of ways:
• Variety and versatility: accounts of exotic people and
places are combined with stories about individual
Egyptian rulers
• Strange and surprising information, attesting to his
extensive travel and thorough research
• Stories of divine capriciousness sit alongside tales of
rational enquiry
18
Guidance
An AO2 heavy response may focus on details from
the set texts but not draw many valid conclusions
...
Do not expect answers to show understanding of the
context of the set text prescription – ie that it is part of
H’s wider narrative about the growth of Persian power
– but award due AO3 credit to those that do
...
J292/02
Mark Scheme
Question
Answer
Mark
Supporting evidence from the prescribed text (AO2)
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Readers may well share Psammetichus’ (and
Herodotus’) interest in this question
...
We can appreciate the research that informed this story and
its more trivial details (eg
...
)
III
...
IV
...
• Mycerinus was a more liberal ruler than his father but
was beset by misfortune: death of daughter (‘the first of
his troubles’ – foreshadowing) and then fated to live just
six years
...
’): we share
his outrage at his unjust fate
...
XVb
...
• What he recounts is fourth-hand information: via
Cyreaneans, Etearchus and Nasamonians – the reader
might enjoy tracing the path of his sources, exercising
caution about accepting his account, while also sharing
his interest and spirit of enquiry
20
June 2024
Guidance
J292/02
Question
Mark Scheme
Answer
Mark
• Informative description of the inhabited parts of Libya,
along the northern sea, and then of the unfamiliar lands
beyond Libya: wild beast country, dry desert
• The young Nasamonians’ initiation ritual is a fast-paced,
entertaining story of a journey into the deserts of Libya
and an encounter with a tribe of pygmies: a sort of
travelogue, with an element of suspense (we fear for
the young men’s safety)
• The pygmies’ city and river with crocodiles: Herodotus’
source, Etearchus, ‘guessed it to be the Nile’ – with this
he draws the story to its thematic conclusion, leaving
the reader to judge whether the conclusion is correct
Title: OCR 2024 GCSE Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A With Marking Scheme Merged
Description: OCR 2024 GCSE Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A With Marking Scheme Merged CLASSICAL GREEK Oxford Cambridge and RSA Tuesday 21 May 2024 – Afternoon GCSE (9–1) Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A Time allowed: 1 hour Do not use: • a dictionary * J 2 9 2 0 2 * Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes. Centre number First name(s) Last name Candidate number INSTRUCTIONS • Use black ink. • Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown. • Answer all the questions. INFORMATION • The total mark for this paper is 50. • The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ]. • Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*). • This document has 12 pages. ADVICE • Read each question carefully before you start your answer. 2 1 Read the passage and answer the questions. οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν μὲν ἢ Ψαμμήτιχον σφῶν βασιλεῦσαι, ἐνόμιζον ἑαυτοὺς πρώτους γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων· ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ψαμμήτιχος βασιλεύσας ἠθέλησεν εἰδέναι οἵτινες γένοιντο πρῶτοι, ἀπὸ τούτου χρόνου νομίζουσι Φρύγας προτέρους γενέσθαι ἑαυτῶν, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ἑαυτούς. Tales from Herodotus II (Psammetichus) 1–5 (a) οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν … γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων (lines 1–2): according to Herodotus, what did the Egyptians believe before the reign of Psammetichus? .......................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................... [1] (b) ἀπὸ τούτου χρόνου … ἄλλων ἑαυτούς (lines 3–4): how did their opinion change as a result of Psammetichus’ investigation? .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................
Description: OCR 2024 GCSE Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A With Marking Scheme Merged CLASSICAL GREEK Oxford Cambridge and RSA Tuesday 21 May 2024 – Afternoon GCSE (9–1) Classical Greek J292/02 Prose Literature A Time allowed: 1 hour Do not use: • a dictionary * J 2 9 2 0 2 * Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes. Centre number First name(s) Last name Candidate number INSTRUCTIONS • Use black ink. • Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown. • Answer all the questions. INFORMATION • The total mark for this paper is 50. • The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ]. • Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*). • This document has 12 pages. ADVICE • Read each question carefully before you start your answer. 2 1 Read the passage and answer the questions. οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν μὲν ἢ Ψαμμήτιχον σφῶν βασιλεῦσαι, ἐνόμιζον ἑαυτοὺς πρώτους γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων· ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ψαμμήτιχος βασιλεύσας ἠθέλησεν εἰδέναι οἵτινες γένοιντο πρῶτοι, ἀπὸ τούτου χρόνου νομίζουσι Φρύγας προτέρους γενέσθαι ἑαυτῶν, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ἑαυτούς. Tales from Herodotus II (Psammetichus) 1–5 (a) οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν … γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων (lines 1–2): according to Herodotus, what did the Egyptians believe before the reign of Psammetichus? .......................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................... [1] (b) ἀπὸ τούτου χρόνου … ἄλλων ἑαυτούς (lines 3–4): how did their opinion change as a result of Psammetichus’ investigation? .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................