Classical scholars have documented about 80 English-language translations of Homer’s “The Iliad.” George Chapman, a Renaissance poet and contemporary of Shakespeare, is credited with the first, in the ...
The Daily Telegraph: A grand new Iliad translation – and it’s an English triumph
A new translation of Homer's Iliad has just been published by Emily Wilson, who was the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English. The classicist and author Natalie Haynes talks to her about ...
PBS: Conversation: Stephen Mitchell, Author of the New Translation of Homer's 'The Iliad'
"The rage of Achilles--sing it now, goddess, sing through me." That's the first line of Homer's "The Iliad" in the new translation by Stephen Mitchell, a poet and one of the preeminent translators and ...
Conversation: Stephen Mitchell, Author of the New Translation of Homer's 'The Iliad'
Yahoo: If it’s all Greek to you, Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ may be worth a read
If it’s all Greek to you, Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ may be worth a read
The Boston Globe: Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ brings a Zoomer-generation vibe to the classical war epic
Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ brings a Zoomer-generation vibe to the classical war epic
Scroll: Emily Wilson’s fluent new translation of the Iliad honours the epic poem’s power and beauty
A new translation of the Iliad of Homer is cause for general celebration, especially when the translator is Emily Wilson of the University of Pennsylvania. Having turned her hand to translations of ...
Emily Wilson’s fluent new translation of the Iliad honours the epic poem’s power and beauty