Knowledge (XXG)

Classical Tripos

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During the first year, undergraduates take subjects to gain a general idea of the ancient world and to discover which area is most appealing to them. Much of the work is language based; written texts are a major source of evidence for classical antiquity and so there is an emphasis in Part I on
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Although roughly three-quarters of the course is taken up with developing language skills, both centred on the set texts and in unseen translation, students are also expected to study literature, philosophy, history, linguistics and philology, and art and archaeology.
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There is a wider choice in the second year and undergraduates narrow down their field of study. Whilst they have to study Language and Literature, the choice of Literature is wider, and they choose two out of History, Art and Archaeology, Philosophy and Linguistics.
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Part II gives the widest choice. It is possible to completely focus on one subject, or to choose a broad range of subjects. Candidates take four papers, although one of these papers may be substituted by a 10,000-word
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which was entitled 'Honour to Agnata Frances Ramsay' and showed her boarding a train's first-class compartment marked 'For Ladies Only'.
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to study for the three-year degree as intensive Greek teaching is available, but most students will have a Latin A-Level.
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The classical tripos was created in 1822 for students who had high honours in mathematics or those who were the sons of
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Taken by those doing the four-year course, this is an introduction to Latin, with Greek being taken up in Part IA.
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Women were first allowed to sit the examination at the end of the nineteenth century.
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developing fluent, accurate reading skills in both Greek and Latin.
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Teaching and learning in nineteenth-century Cambridge
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Index

Classical tripos
classics
Faculty of Classics
University of Cambridge
Literae Humaniores
Oxford University
A-Level
Greek
Latin
classical literature
ancient history
classical art
archaeology
classical philosophy
linguistics
thesis
peers
Agnata Butler
née
Girton College
Punch
ISBN
0-85115-783-1
Beard 2017
Dash 2011
"The struggles of clever women"
The Woman Who Bested the Men at Math
The history of Girton College
the original
Tripos Examinations

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