Though Homer’s “The Iliad” has become nearly synonymous with elite scholars, bards performed it in public and private, cementing its presence in ancient Greek culture. Passing through oral tradition ...

A new translation of the Iliad of Homer is cause for general celebration, especially when the translator is Emily Wilson of the University of Pennsylvania. Having turned her hand to translations of ...

"The Iliad" is one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought. It’s an old story that continues to resonate in our time and has been given new life in a translation by distinguished ...

Pop quiz: Which is greater? (a) The number of Republican presidential candidates or (b) the number of new English translations of Homer’s Iliad published in the last decade. If you answered (a), you’d ...

When Emily Wilson first published her translation of The Odyssey (W. W. Norton Company) in 2017, she made quite the uproar—not only because of her simple and direct translation of the majestic epic, ...

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He Knows Greek, Latin, Hebrew, French, German, Italian and Danish. And his progressive translations include Gilgamesh and The Gospel According to Jesus. Now Stephen Mitchell takes on Homer’s The Iliad ...

The Iliad does not unfold as a smooth, continuous narrative. Instead, it advances through a succession of micro-episodes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Menelaus holding the body of Patroclus – Diana Mantuana (1535-1587). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A new translation of the ...