Emily Wilson’s fluent new translation of the Iliad honours the epic poem’s power and beauty
- Written by: Chris Mackie, Emeritus Professor of Classics, La Trobe University
Menelaus holding the body of Patroclus – Diana Mantuana (1535-1587).Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsA new translation of the Iliad of Homer is cause for a general celebration, especially when the translator is Emily Wilson of the University of Pennsylvania.
Having turned her hand to translations of other Greek and Latin texts –...