Wednesday, August 28
7pm via Zoom
The book for August is The Iliad by Homer, As translated by Emily Wilson
The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that “combines intellectual authority with addictive readability” (Edith Hall, The Sunday Telegraph)-critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira, The New York Times) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English.
