Emily Wilson
British-American classicist and translator; professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania; her verse Odyssey (2017) was the first English translation by a woman, followed by the Iliad (2023).
Paradise Lost by John Milton
But the Odyssey specifically is interesting to think about in Paradise Lost because it’s both the wrong story and the right story.
on fivebooks.com · 9 Nov 2018 · Report
The Aeneid by Virgil
The Aeneid is interesting as a poem deeply engaged with rewriting the Odyssey and re-imagining scenes from it.
on fivebooks.com · 9 Nov 2018 · Report
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
The Penelopiad takes that hint from Homer, asking, ‘What would it be like if we had the whole story not through Odysseus’s perspective, but Penelope’s?
on fivebooks.com · 9 Nov 2018 · Report
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