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Key Facts: Bavaria Abitur Greek eA Exam

300 minutes

Working time of the written eA/Leistungsfach examination in Griechisch

ISB Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Griechisch ab 2026

Teil A + Teil B (1:1)

Translation of an unseen text (~185 words eA) plus one chosen task (Prosa or Dichtung; Teil B 60 BE), weighted equally

ISB Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Griechisch ab 2026 (Übersichtsblatt)

5 weekly hours

Leistungsfach Griechisch eA in the Qualifikationsphase (vs 3 hours at gA); mandatory written Abitur subject

ISB Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Griechisch – Übersicht

Homer → Politika

eA curriculum arc: Ilias (Books 1/6/24), lyric, expanded Presocratics, sophists, Apologie; Solon, Antigone + Oidipus Tyrannos, Politeia + Aristotle Politika

LehrplanPLUS Gymnasium Griechisch eA, Jgst. 12/13

13 May 2026

Written exam date for 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau' (including Griechisch eA)

KM Bayern, Abiturprüfung 2026 schedule

5 Prüfungsfächer

Three written plus two oral (Kolloquium) examinations; ≥300 of 900 total points required for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife

KM Bayern

100

Original English MCQ study items in this bank (not the official format)

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Bavaria's G9 Abitur Griechisch Leistungsfach (eA) is Übersetzung (Teil A, ~185 words) + one chosen interpretation task (Teil B: Prosa or Dichtung, 60 BE)—not MCQ. 300 minutes, weighted 1:1, approved Greek–German dictionary allowed; curriculum adds Ilias 6, Oidipus Tyrannos and Aristotle's Politika to the Homer–Politeia arc. This free English MCQ bank is a study adaptation only.

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1In Attic prose the form λελυκέναι (from λύω) is best analyzed as which infinitive?
A.Perfect active infinitive
B.Aorist active infinitive
C.Present middle infinitive
D.Future active infinitive
Explanation: The perfect active stem of λύω is λελυκ-; adding the perfect active infinitive ending -έναι yields λελυκέναι, 'to have loosened/released'. The aorist active infinitive is λῦσαι, the present middle λυέσθαι, and the future active λύσειν.
2The form τιθείς (from τίθημι) is which participle?
A.Present active participle, nominative masculine singular
B.Aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular
C.Perfect middle participle, nominative masculine singular
D.Present middle participle, nominative feminine singular
Explanation: τίθημι forms its present active participle on the stem τιθε-: masculine τιθείς, τιθέντος. The aorist active participle is θείς (from the unaugmented aorist stem θε-), the perfect middle is τεθειμένος, and the present middle participle is τιθέμενος.
3In the phrase τοῖς Ἕλλησι πειθόμενος, the form Ἕλλησι is which case and number of Ἕλλην?
A.Dative plural
B.Genitive singular
C.Accusative plural
D.Nominative plural
Explanation: Ἕλλην is a third-declension consonant-stem noun; its dative plural is Ἕλλησι(ν). πειθόμενος ('obeying/being persuaded') regularly takes the dative of the person obeyed. Genitive singular is Ἕλληνος, accusative plural Ἕλληνας, nominative plural Ἕλληνες.
4The optative form λύσαιμεν (λύω) without ἄν in an independent wish is best labeled as:
A.Optativus cupitivus — a wish for the future
B.Past contrary-to-fact (Irrealis der Vergangenheit)
C.Future indicative meaning
D.Completed perfect action
Explanation: Without ἄν, the optative in independent clauses commonly expresses a wish (Optativus cupitivus): λύσαιμεν, 'may we loosen/release'. Past contrary-to-fact uses indicative with ἄν; the future indicative is λύσομεν; the perfect uses the stem λελυκ-.
5The dual form τὼ ὀφθαλμώ is nominative/accusative dual. Which ending marks the genitive/dative dual of second-declension masculines?
A.-οιν (e.g. τοῖν ὀφθαλμοῖν)
B.-ους
C.-ων
D.-οις
Explanation: Second-declension duals use -ω for nominative/accusative and -οιν for genitive/dative: τοῖν ὀφθαλμοῖν. -ους is accusative plural, -ων genitive plural, and -οις dative plural.
6The form ἑστηκώς (from ἵστημι) is best analyzed as:
A.Perfect active participle, nominative masculine singular, with stative sense 'standing'
B.Present active participle 'setting up'
C.Aorist passive participle 'having been set up'
D.Future active participle 'about to stand'
Explanation: The perfect active of ἵστημι (ἕστηκα) is stative: 'I stand'. The participle ἑστηκώς means 'standing'. Present active is ἱστάς; aorist passive σταθείς; future στήσων / στησόμενος.
7Contract verb τιμάω ('honor'): which form is the 3rd person singular present indicative active after Attic contraction?
A.τιμᾷ
B.τιμάει (the regular Attic surface form)
C.ἐτίμα
D.τιμήσει
Explanation: In α-contracts, -άει contracts to -ᾷ (with iota subscript): τιμᾷ, 'he/she honors'. ἐτίμα is imperfect; τιμήσει is future.
8The aorist passive indicative 3rd plural of παιδεύω is:
A.ἐπαιδεύθησαν
B.ἐπαίδευσαν
C.πεπαίδευνται
D.παιδεύονται
Explanation: The aorist passive stem is παιδευθη-; with augment and 3rd plural -σαν: ἐπαιδεύθησαν, 'they were educated'. ἐπαιδεύσαν is aorist active; πεπαίδευνται perfect middle/passive; παιδεύονται present middle/passive.
9In Homer you meet πόλεμόνδε. What does the suffix -δε signal?
A.Motion toward ('to/toward war'), an allative suffix
B.Motion from ('away from war')
C.A comparative degree
D.A prohibitive negation
Explanation: Epic -δε attached to accusatives marks direction toward: πόλεμόνδε = 'to war'. Ablatival 'from' uses -θεν; comparatives use -τερος/-ίων; prohibition uses μή.
10The form δῷη (from δίδωμι) is which mood and tense?
A.Aorist active optative, 3rd person singular
B.Present active indicative, 3rd singular
C.Aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular
D.Perfect active indicative, 3rd singular
Explanation: δῷη is the aorist active optative 3rd singular of δίδωμι. Present indicative is δίδωσι; aorist subjunctive 3rd singular is δῷ; perfect is δέδωκε.

About the Bavaria Abitur Greek eA Exam

Griechisch (Altgriechisch) as Leistungsfach in the Bavarian G9 Abitur belongs to the sprachlich-literarisch-künstlerisches Aufgabenfeld and is examined under the LehrplanPLUS Gymnasium at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau for the Qualifikationsphase (Jgst. 12/13, 5 weekly hours). The eA curriculum deepens the gA arc: Homer's Ilias (Books 1, 6 and 24), early lyric, an expanded Presocratic set (Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Xenophanes, Heraklit, Parmenides, Leukipp, Demokrit) and the sophists, Plato's Apologie in Jgst. 12; Solon's Eunomie and Musenelegie, Sophokles' Antigone and Oidipus Tyrannos (with Attic tragedy and theatre), Plato's Politeia and Aristotle's Politika in Jgst. 13. The written eA exam (300 minutes) combines a translation of an unseen Greek text (Teil A, about 185 words) with one chosen interpretation task (Teil B, Prosa or Dichtung; 60 BE), weighted 1:1; a ministry-approved bilingual Greek–German dictionary is permitted. Official examination language is German. Griechisch is not part of the IQB common task pool, so its tasks are Bavaria-specific. This free bank offers 100 original English MCQs at Leistungsfach depth for grammar, translation, literary and cultural practice only; it is not an official format simulation and cannot replace German-language Übersetzung or extended Interpretation.

Exam sponsor: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus (KM Bayern); the Staatsinstitut für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung (ISB) publishes curricula support and the illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Per the ISB illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben for the Abitur ab 2026: Teil A is an Übersetzung of an unseen Greek original text (about 185 words at eA). Teil B offers a choice between a Prosa and a Dichtung task; each consists of four hinführende Aufgaben (16 BE: content, grammar labels such as Eventualis/Potentialis/Irrealis, translation criticism, or metrics), a central Interpretationsaufgabe on a Greek text with provided German translation (26 BE, guided by the official Hinweise: content/structure, language/style, genre, literary-historical and cultural embedding, optional Gegenwartsbezug/Rezeption and metrics), and three weiterführende Aufgaben chosen from five (18 BE), reaching into other Kurshalbjahre. Teil B totals 60 BE. Teil A and Teil B are weighted 1:1. Tasks span all four Kurshalbjahre and each candidate covers at least three of them. As Leistungsfach, Griechisch eA is a mandatory written Abitur subject (5 weekly hours). This OpenExamPrep bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation—not an official translation or format simulation—and cannot replace German Übersetzung or extended Interpretation.

Time Limit

300 minutes working time for the written eA examination (ISB illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Griechisch, Stand September 2023). Griechisch (eA/Leistungsfach) sat in the 2026 written exam block of 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau' on 13 May 2026 (KM Bayern Abitur 2026 schedule).

Passing Score

Griechisch as Leistungsfach is one of five Abiturprüfungsfächer (3 written, 2 oral Kolloquium) and is examined at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau. Coursework contributes up to 600 of 900 points and the Abitur examinations up to 300; the Allgemeine Hochschulreife requires a Gesamtqualifikation of at least 300 of 900 points (KM Bayern).

Exam / Certification Fees

No per-subject exam fee is published for regular school candidates (Stammschüler) in Bavaria; the Abitur is part of the public education pathway administered through the Gymnasium.

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28%

Grammar and Syntax

Morphology (declensions, conjugations, mi-verbs, participles, moods) and syntax (genitive absolute, AcI, conditionals, purpose/fear/result clauses, particles) as the foundation of Teil A and the hinführende Aufgaben, applied to denser eA passages.

10%

Translation Strategy and Vocabulary

Context-specific word choice (δίκη, ἀρετή, λόγος, ψυχή, εὐδαίμων, φύσις, νόμος), rendering participle chains and genitive absolutes into idiomatic German, and word-formation analysis per LehrplanPLUS Lernbereich 2.1 at Leistungsfach length (~185 words).

18%

Archaic Poetry: Homer and Lyric

Ilias Books 1, 6 and 24 (wrath of Achilles, Hector and Andromache, Priam's ransom), oral poetry and epitheta ornantia, hexameter and elegiac distich, Archilochos, Sappho and Solon's Eunomie/Musenelegie with political theology.

12%

Presocratics and Sophists

From mythos to logos: ἀρχή (Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes), Xenophanes, Heraklit and Parmenides, atomists Leukipp and Demokrit, then the anthropological turn—Protagoras' homo-mensura, nomos/physis, Kallikles' right of the stronger, Alkidamas.

14%

Plato and Aristotle

Apologie (first speech): the charges, the Delphic oracle, Socratic wisdom. Politeia: justice in state and soul, classes and soul-parts, cave allegory and Forms. Aristotle Politika: zoon politikon, politeia types, and the teleology of the polis relative to Plato.

10%

Sophokles: Antigone, Oidipus Tyrannos and Attic Tragedy

Tragic conflict of unwritten divine law and positive state law (Antigone); knowledge, blindness and anagnorisis (Oidipus Tyrannos); tragedy's Dionysiac origins, structural elements (parodos, stasimon, exodos), theatre architecture and stichomythia.

8%

Exam Literacy

Abitur structure (5 Prüfungsfächer, 3 written + 2 Kolloquium), gA vs eA, the 300-minute written Leistungsfach format with Teil A/Teil B (60 BE), Hilfsmittel rules and the Greek Kolloquium format.

Preparing for the Bavaria Abitur Greek eA Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Griechisch as Leistungsfach is one of five Abiturprüfungsfächer (3 written, 2 oral Kolloquium) and is examined at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau. Coursework contributes up to 600 of 900 points and the Abitur examinations up to 300; the Allgemeine Hochschulreife requires a Gesamtqualifikation of at least 300 of 900 points (KM Bayern).
  • Assessment: Per the ISB illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben for the Abitur ab 2026: Teil A is an Übersetzung of an unseen Greek original text (about 185 words at eA). Teil B offers a choice between a Prosa and a Dichtung task; each consists of four hinführende Aufgaben (16 BE: content, grammar labels such as Eventualis/Potentialis/Irrealis, translation criticism, or metrics), a central Interpretationsaufgabe on a Greek text with provided German translation (26 BE, guided by the official Hinweise: content/structure, language/style, genre, literary-historical and cultural embedding, optional Gegenwartsbezug/Rezeption and metrics), and three weiterführende Aufgaben chosen from five (18 BE), reaching into other Kurshalbjahre. Teil B totals 60 BE. Teil A and Teil B are weighted 1:1. Tasks span all four Kurshalbjahre and each candidate covers at least three of them. As Leistungsfach, Griechisch eA is a mandatory written Abitur subject (5 weekly hours). This OpenExamPrep bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation—not an official translation or format simulation—and cannot replace German Übersetzung or extended Interpretation.
  • Time limit: 300 minutes working time for the written eA examination (ISB illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Griechisch, Stand September 2023). Griechisch (eA/Leistungsfach) sat in the 2026 written exam block of 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau' on 13 May 2026 (KM Bayern Abitur 2026 schedule).
  • Exam / certification fees: No per-subject exam fee is published for regular school candidates (Stammschüler) in Bavaria; the Abitur is part of the public education pathway administered through the Gymnasium. Official sources

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Bavaria Abitur Greek eA: Suggested Study Strategy

1Translate timed passages of about 180–190 Greek words with only the approved dictionary, then critique your German: eA Teil A is longer than gA (~185 vs ~145 words) and still rewards 'korrektes und angemessenes Deutsch'.
2Practice the grammar labels the ISB uses in hinführende Aufgaben: Eventualis, Potentialis, Irrealis (Gegenwart/Vergangenheit), Realis, Finalsatz, Hortativ—assign them to real clauses from denser eA Lektüre.
3Master Ilias Book 6 (Hector–Andromache) alongside Books 1 and 24: the eA LehrplanPLUS explicitly includes Book 6.
4Build author maps for eA-only expansions: Oidipus Tyrannos (anagnorisis, blindness/knowledge) and Aristotle Politika (zoon politikon, politeia typology) with one key thesis and one key Greek term each.
5For interpretation, always tie stylistic observations to function in context: the official Hinweise state that merely naming stylistic devices earns no credit; eA awards 26 BE for the central Interpretationsaufgabe.
6Use the ISB illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben (eA) for full German-format rehearsal; use this MCQ bank for targeted grammar, vocabulary and literary-knowledge drills only.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the official Bavarian Griechisch Abitur (eA) a multiple-choice test?

No. The official written exam at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau is constructed-response: a translation of an unseen Greek text (Teil A, about 185 words) plus one chosen interpretation task (Teil B, Prosa or Dichtung). This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation only and cannot replace those German-medium formats.

How long is the written Griechisch eA exam and what aids are allowed?

The ISB illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben specify 300 minutes for the written eA/Leistungsfach examination (versus 240 minutes at gA). The permitted aid is a bilingual Greek–German dictionary approved by the Kultusministerium for use in the classical-language Abitur (ministry Hilfsmittel notice for Latein/Griechisch).

How does the eA curriculum differ from gA Griechisch?

Per LehrplanPLUS eA: Homer's Ilias includes Books 1, 6 and 24 (gA focuses on 1 and 24); Presocratics add Anaximenes, Xenophanes, Leukipp and Demokrit; Solon includes Eunomie and Musenelegie; Sophokles covers both Antigone and Oidipus Tyrannos; Jgst. 13 pairs Plato's Politeia with Aristotle's Politika. The written paper is longer (300 vs 240 minutes; ~185 vs ~145 words in Teil A) with more Teil B Bewertungseinheiten (60 vs 45 BE).

What is the difference between Teil A and Teil B at eA?

Teil A is the Übersetzung: an unseen Greek original (about 185 words at eA) to be rendered into correct, idiomatic German. Teil B is the Aufgabenteil: you choose the Prosa or the Dichtung task, each with four hinführende Aufgaben (16 BE), a central interpretation of a Greek text with provided translation (26 BE), and three of five weiterführende Aufgaben (18 BE). Teil A and Teil B count in a 1:1 ratio.

Is Griechisch part of the IQB common task pool?

No. In Bavaria the IQB pool covers Deutsch, Mathematik, Englisch, Französisch and (since 2025) Biologie, Chemie, Physik. Griechisch tasks are Bavaria-specific, illustrated by the ISB's illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben for the Abitur ab 2026 (separate gA and eA materials).

When is the written Griechisch eA exam in 2026?

KM Bayern schedules 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau' (including Griechisch as Leistungsfach) on 13 May 2026. The gA block for other subjects is on 11 May 2026.