When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. THE ILIAD, by Homer. Translated by Emily Wilson. “War is a task for men,” the Trojan prince ...

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But together they aptly describe Emily Wilson, whose new translation of Homer’s epic poem “The Iliad” is one of the most eagerly anticipated books of 2023. A professor of classical studies ...

Now, she continues to make what’s old new again with her translation of The Iliad, which she labored over for six years. Wilson’s spin on the battlefield saga centered on the Trojan conflict ...

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Emily Wilson’s translation of the Iliad reveals a bleak vision of the self-interest and savagery of humankind. By Rowan Williams In 1940, that great and idiosyncratic French philosopher Simone Weil ...