Love and Relationships

My revision notes contain nearly 100 pages of all of the information required to achieve an A* in the Love and Relationships component of your OCR A-level Classical Civilisation exam, covering Sappho, Ovid, Seneca, and Plato. My notes include a link to accompanying flashcards, as well as notes based on the textbook, memorable quotes from each writer, modern scholarship, comparisons between the writers and breakdowns of Ovid's and Sappho's poetry to help you achieve everything you need to kn...

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96 pages

Written in 2023/2024

usefulnotes

A* Notes on Ovid's Life, and themes in his work including: - Love and Desire - Marriage/Relationships - Youth vs. Old Age - Men and Women - Sex - Old Rome vs. New Rome - Society and Values - Appearances - Importance of Poetry - Ovid's Audience (one of the most common qns) - Ovid's Aims (one of the most common qns on Ovid) Notes include quotes from the text and from scholars in order to get the highest grade!

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16 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Faithki39

A overview mindmap covering the key ideas of Plato in Plato's symposium including love, relationships, desire and men. This is aimed to help with a level Classical Civilisation but could be used as a basic understanding of Plato's views.

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1 pages

Written in 2025/2026

tgkind08

Summarised Love and Relationships Classical Civilisation Poets. Includes Sappho, Plato's symposium, Ovid Ars Aamatoris III, Seneca's works. References specific letters, Loebs, poem and individual.

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5 pages

Written in 2024/2025

daralawal11

High level essay about the prompt ‘The experience of love and desire is presented by Sappho as painful and overwhelming’ - In detail analysis

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2 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

heylisteeva

All Classical Civilisation OCR Love and Relationships A-Level Notes (Sappho, Seneca, Ovid, Plato, context and analysis including scholars' quotes) A* Notes - 30 pages of notes

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Faithki39

A* Notes on Seneca for Love and Relationships Classical Civilisation A-Level including context, analysis of texts, quotes from scholars and themes like: - Love - Lust and Desire - Marriage and Relationships - Men and Women - Class, Luxury and Hypocrisy - Homoerotic Relationships - Philosophy (Stoicism)

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6 pages

Written in 2021/2022

Faithki39

A* Notes on Sappho including context, quotes from scholars, quotes from the set texts and analysis of them and discussion of themes. Themes include: - Love - Marriage - Epithalamia - Skill and Music - The Gods and Religion - Epics - Class and Luxury - Time and Memory - Beauty

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7 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Faithki39

Notes on Plato including quotes from the texts, essay plans, context, and quotes from scholars from an A* student. Themes include: - Love and Lust - Desire - Morality - Marriage and Relationships - Men and Women - The State - Gods and Religion - Homoerotic Relationships - Plato's aims (can he be taken seriously - v common question)

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9 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Faithki39

Cheat sheet for Plato's ideals on love (including desire and homoeroticism) with a focus on his symposium which includes the ideas of Pausanias, Aristophanes, Agathon, Socrates/Diotima and Pheadrus. It also covers the tripartite soul, the forms, controlling and resisting desire and Plato's republic .

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5 pages

Written in 2022/2023

aliciarosegallo

A summary of quotes from almost all of Seneca's works, including his Consolation letters, 'On Anger', 'On the Happy Life', and other essays. Quotes are sorted by themes such as friendship, anger, desire, grief, etc. Context notes are added, especially around the Emperors of the time and Seneca's life events

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35 pages

Written in 2022/2023

vavinki

Essay points with quotes and context for the three writes, plus critic's quotes

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4 pages

Written in 2022/2023

vavinki