Course prescriptions for Classical Greek Extension 2025–2028

About course prescriptions

There are prescribed texts required for study in the Classical Greek Extension Stage 6 course. The HSC course prescriptions should be read in conjunction with the:

• Classical Greek Extension Stage 6 Syllabus and other support documents
• Record of changes for Classical Greek Extension Stage 6 Syllabus

NESA reserves the right to make changes to the prescribed texts listed on this page.

Prescriptions for 2025–2026

Texts:

• Homer’s Iliad XVI,1–350, (pp 684–867) to be read in Greek
• The rest of Iliad XVI and Iliad XIX to be read in English

Prescribed textbook:

Willcock MM (ed) (1999) Homer: Iliad XIII–XXIV, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bristol Classical Press Series, Great Britain (new edition), ISBN: 9781853995958

Prescriptions for 2027–2028

Texts:

• Homer’s Odyssey I. (pp 156–444) and Odyssey VI, (pp 85–331) to be read in Greek
• The rest of Homer’s Odyssey I and VI to be read in English

Prescribed textbook:

Stanford WB (ed) (1996) Homer: Odyssey I–XII, 2nd edn, Bristol Classical Press, Great Britain, ISBN: 1-83599-502-9

Notes

• Study of texts prescribed for any HSC course may not begin before the completion of the Preliminary course. This exclusion applies to study in the Preliminary Classical Greek Continuers course and to Preliminary courses in other subjects. It also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film of a play. ‘Study’ of texts does not apply to attending performances of plays prescribed as HSC texts or to taking part in production of them during the Preliminary course.
• The NESA website contains the most up-to-date reference for prescribed texts.