In this episode, we feature Emily Wilson speaking as part of Portland Arts & Lectures at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in April 2025.

We talk with Emily Wilson about her latest work, translating Homer's "The Iliad" for a new generation of readers to experience one of the most famous works in Classical literature.

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Reading Wilson’s Iliad, one senses something of the chant of Homer’s verse, even through the written word.

By translating not only the Greek text but also the cultural context, Wilson makes this ancient tale readable, enjoyable, and, most importantly, relatable.

The highly acclaimed 2018 “Odyssey” translation by Emily Wilson, a classicist at the University of Pennsylvania, helped put that poem, rather than the “Iliad,” even more front and center.

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Emily Wilson's new translation of "The Iliad" brings a Zoomer-generation vibe to the classical war epic, injecting a modern sensibility to battle that asks, a la 1969: War, what's it good for?

Emily Wilson’s translation of the “Iliad” brings Homer’s great war story to rousing new life.

Her vitally urgent translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey strip away the “tarnish of centuries.” ...

Man gets roasted for complaining about Emily Wilson’s translation of ‘The Iliad’ This amateur critic got dunked on for mansplaining a supposedly ‘woke’ new translation of ‘The Iliad.’ ...