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Engraved bust of Homer, a bearded man in a conical cap, overlaid on a painting of a galley with rowers and winged figures.
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Emily Wilson on the Odyssey

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Meg Matthias is Senior Video Production Manager at Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Emily Wilson is having a moment. Her acclaimed 2017 translation of Homer’s Odyssey helped inspire Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation (2026), and her outspoken criticism of the film in an essay for the London Review of Books has made headlines.

In 2025 Britannica sat down with Wilson to discuss translations, how to make ancient works accessible to modern audiences, and the themes in the poem that resonated with her.

Engraved bust of Homer, a bearded man in a conical cap, overlaid on a painting of a galley with rowers and winged figures.
Telling the Story of Homer's Odyssey with Translator Emily Wilson“Tell me, Muse…”
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