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 ...

"The Iliad" is one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought. It’s an old story that continues to resonate in our time and has been given new life in a translation by ...

Reporter Homer‘s The Iliad is currently on Usha Vance’s reading list. JD Vance’s wife has frequently been spotted clutching Emily Wilson’s 2023 translation of the classic text while on the ...

Over the years, some 100 people have translated the entire “Iliad” into English. The latest of them, Emily Wilson, explains what different approaches to one key scene say about the original ...

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 ...

Among the books I have returned to again and again throughout my life, seeking solace, wisdom, joy or self-understanding, Homer’s “Iliad” ranks very high. As with all enduring works of art ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — In “An Iliad,” which received both an Obie and Lucille Lortel Award for its 2012 off-Broadway production, playwrights Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare offer a compressed ...