The Faculty Board of Classics give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2009, the form of the examinations for Part IB and Part II of the Classical Tripos will be changed as follows:
The form of examination for Paper 8 of Part IB of the Classical Tripos will be changed as follows:
This paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will contain in the region of seven questions on the set text (currently: Plato, Republic, 473c11-535a1). Section B will contain questions (to give a total in the region of twenty in all) covering topics falling within each of the following four areas:
| (a) | Parmenides, Zeno, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Democritus. |
| (b) | Plato's thought in the Republic (excluding 473c10-535a1, which is currently covered in Section A) and Parmenides (start-135c4). |
| (c) | Aristotle - soul, causes, happiness, and the Categories. |
| (d) | Hellenistic and Roman philosophy: Stoics and sceptics on knowledge and belief; Stoics on fate; Epicureans on atomism, knowledge, and free will. |
Candidates will be expected to answer three questions, of which at least one, and not more than two, must be from Section A.
All other parts of the examination remain unchanged.
The form of examination in respect of Paper A4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos will be changed as follows:
This paper will be divided into three sections. Section A will contain passages for textual comment taken from a prescribed Greek text and a prescribed Latin text. Section B will offer a selection of short passages for textual comment from other Greek and Latin texts. Section C will contain questions on palaeography, related to the texts prescribed for Section A, and essay questions. Candidates will be required to attempt two passages from Section A, one in each language; three of the passages in Section B; and one question from Section C.
All other parts of the examination remain unchanged.