Becoming Greece: From the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Age in the Word of Eminent Greeks

Enjoy the original ideas and heroes of the Greeks: the developers of philosophy, history, drama, geometry, architecture, and science. Their achievements have had an immeasurable impact on the world today. Becoming Greece weaves together an exciting narrative with extensive passages from Greek historians and eyewitnesses, covering the Bronze Age, the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, and Alexander the Great’s spread of Hellenistic culture. Experience each “polis” (city-state) from the inside: their values, their political and societal structures, their victories, and their defeats. Hundreds of images, maps, and diagrams are provided, so that even a beginner can thoroughly appreciate the accomplishments of these intellectual pioneers.

• Over 200 images, maps and graphics
• Diagrams of offices and assemblies
• Biographies of each historian
• Masterpieces of art showing the timelessness of Greece

William Dardis began his Classical education in his hometown of New Orleans and continued it at the University of Notre Dame. He has educated teenagers of all socioeconomic backgrounds for the past 30 years, in New York, St. Louis, Chicago and Washington, D.C. He has particularly enjoyed teaching at the Heights for the past 11 years, and looks forward to many more.

Thomas Cox teaches Latin and Greek at The Heights School in Potomac, MD. When he’s not in the classroom, he’s either on a trail adventuring with his kids, finding a new winery or bookstore to explore with his wife, or reading. A graduate of Hillsdale and St. John’s Colleges, he is a California-native now living on the opposite side of the country, his love of history has always led him to learn more about where he is, and where he wants to go next!

Available in hardcover or paperback.

For school orders, please contact Bill Dardis:  bdardis@heights.edu.