Few poets in human history have inspired such lasting devotion as Sappho. Yet, for the majority of Sappho's readers over the millennia,...
86 months ago

The 2024-25 academic year officially began on Tuesday, Sept. 3 with the first day of classes and the annual Convocation ceremony and...
4 months ago

Bob Blaisdell is engrossed in Anne Carson's reimagining of Euripides's “The Trojan Women,” illustrated by Rosanna Bruno.
43 months ago

A host of awards were given to Bryn Mawr students at a special ceremony held earlier this week. The awards and scholarships cited include...
104 months ago

From 'dog-face' to 'death runs fast,' Wilson explains how she worked to revitalize Homer while remaining true to the ancient Greek.
16 months ago

Homer's Odyssey offers a wider range of perspectives on gender than we may think, explains the first woman to translate the poem to English.
86 months ago

When the Greek warrior-king Odysseus strides through his own gate after twenty years' absence, he is in disguise as a homeless wanderer, his life in danger.
78 months ago

Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate the Odyssey into English, is as concerned with these surrounding characters as she is with Odysseus himself.
86 months ago

Her new translation is inviting to modern readers, but it doesn't capture the barbaric world of the original.
15 months ago

This week in the magazine, Daniel Mendelsohn reviews a new version of Homer's Iliad, translated by Stephen Mitchell. He also discusses the...
158 months ago