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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.