ISBN 978-0-89236-682-8

Kevin Butcher is associate professor of classical archaeology at the American University of Beirut where he specializes in the Hellenistic and Roman Near East

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The Ruins of the Most Beautiful Monuments of Greece Made in CA ISBN 978-0-89236-682-8Julien David Le Roy Introduction by Robin Middleton Translation by David Britt Julien David Le Roy's Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece, initially issued in 1758, first revealed to European eyes the wonders of Greek classical architecture. Overnight, Greece became the rage, much to the chagrin of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and other defenders of the genius of Rome. The impact of the volume's splendid engravings of Athens's ancient ruins