Emily Wilson | The Iliad

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In conversation with Sheila Murnaghan, chair of the classics department at the University of Pennsylvania

“A cultural landmark” (The Guardian), Emily Wilson’s 2017 translation of The Odyssey was hailed for its fresh and unpretentious rendition of the classical poem in modern parlance. A professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Wilson has also published translations of the works of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca, and is the author of books on the death of Socrates and the life of Seneca. She is the recipient of fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In her latest work, Wilson presents a grounded yet galloping translation of The Iliad, Homer’s other epic work and one of history’s most revered war poems.

Recorded September 26, 2023

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