Emily Wilson Launches a New, Expanded Translation of The Odyssey
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Emily Wilson says she is doing a complete retranslation of Homer’s Odyssey, halfway through, embracing more lines and longer words with the same verse form she used for The Iliad, and quadrupling the endnotes to accompany readers; this continues her acclaimed 2017 Odyssey translation amid renewed attention after its association with the film adaptation.
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Unique Readers
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94%
966 → 54 words
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