What Emily Wilson thinks about courage
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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Their wordsAdaptations are often most successful when they make clear, courageous choices about what to leave out