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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).

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The AeneidBook Virgil

recommended

The Aeneid is interesting as a poem deeply engaged with rewriting the Odyssey and re-imagining scenes from it.

Five Books interview: the best books on Books to Read After the Odyssey

2018-11-09·fivebooks.com ↗

Paradise LostBook John Milton

recommended

But the Odyssey specifically is interesting to think about in Paradise Lost because it’s both the wrong story and the right story.

Five Books interview: the best books on Books to Read After the Odyssey

2018-11-09·fivebooks.com ↗

The PenelopiadBook Margaret Atwood

recommended

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?

Five Books interview: the best books on Books to Read After the Odyssey

2018-11-09·fivebooks.com ↗

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