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Emily Wilson’s fluent new translation of the Iliad honours the epic poem’s power and beauty

The Conversation
A new translation of the Iliad of Homer is cause for a general celebration, especially when the translator is Emily Wilson of the University of Pennsylvania.
10 months ago

Letter of Recommendation: Christopher Logue, ‘War Music’ (Published 2015)

The New York Times
A beloved version of the ''Iliad,'' by a translator who knew no Greek.
108 months ago

Finding Sappho: Four translations in conversation

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

A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line (Published 2017)

The New York Times
THE ODYSSEY By Homer Translated by Emily Wilson 582 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $39.95. Dismal as it has been in other respects, the fall of...
84 months ago

Emily Greenwood: "How Emily Wilson Reimagined Homer"

The Yale Review
When Emily Wilson translated the Odyssey, she changed the epic forever. Has she done it again with the Iliad?
14 months ago

RICHARD LATTIMORE DEAD; A CLASSICAL SCHOLAR AND POET (Published 1984)

The New York Times
Richmond Lattimore, a classical scholar and a poet whose translations of ''The Iliad'' and ''The Odyssey'' became standard texts in many schools, died of...
489 months ago

Perspective | Emily Wilson on 5 crucial decisions she made in her ‘Iliad’ translation

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

Winged words

The Economist
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore. University of Chicago Press; 608 pages; $35. Buy from Amazon.com. The Iliad.
157 months ago

Englishing the Iliad: Grading Four Rival Translations

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

Historically, men translated the Odyssey. Here’s what happened when a woman took the job.

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