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A Critique of Emily Wilson's The Odyssey

A podcast in which Ancient Greek scholar Jireh Gardo brings context to the controversy over Emily Wilson's recent translation of The Odyssey

I was interested in Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey even before it became news that Christopher Nolan was using it as source text for his Odyssey movie. For whatever reason, controversy over Nolan’s movie has hit a fever pitch on X (twitter) and generally online.

I don’t know enough about ancient Greek to feel like I can make any judgements ab…

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