Los Angeles Times

If Trump were one of the rogues from Homer’s ‘Iliad,’ which would he be?

Among the books I have returned to again and again throughout my life, seeking solace, wisdom, joy or self-understanding, Homer’s “Iliad” ranks very high. As with all enduring works of art, it yields ...
Los Angeles Times

Dreading four more months of the presidential campaign? Our critic turned to the classics

I started my summer reading with Emily Wilson’s recent translation of “The Iliad.” I enjoyed her version of “The Odyssey” a few years ago and needed the kind of escape from the news that I knew Homer ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘The Iliad’ Review: Emily Wilson Revives the Ancient Sensations

“The Iliad” begins with the word “mēnin,” or the wrath of gods, which Emily Wilson renders in her new translation as “cataclysmic wrath.” This wrath kindled the Trojan War, caused innumerable deaths, ...
The New York Times

Warriors Who Seek Immortal Fame and Find It, in Epic Poetry

Emily Wilson’s translation of the “Iliad” brings Homer’s great war story to rousing new life. By Natalie Haynes Natalie Haynes is the author, most recently, of the novel “Stone Blind,” about Medusa, ...