{"id":68601,"date":"2026-02-27T12:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=68601"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:03:04","slug":"emily-wilson","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/emily-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"76906:0\">When Emily Wilson\u2019s translation of\u00a0<em>The Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0appeared in 2017\u2014revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was \u201cfresh, unpretentious and lean\u201d (Madeline Miller,\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>)\u2014critics lauded it as \u201ca revelation\u201d (Susan Chira,\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>) and \u201ca cultural landmark\u201d (Charlotte Higgins,\u00a0<em>Guardian<\/em>) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer\u2019s other great epic\u2014the most revered war poem of all time.<\/p>\n<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"76906:0\"><em>The Iliad<\/em>\u00a0roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world\u2014the fierce beauty of nature and the gods\u2019 grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson\u2019s hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem\u2019s deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even \u201ccomplicated,\u201d characters\u2014both human and divine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"76906:0\">When Emily Wilson\u2019s translation of\u00a0<em>The Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0appeared in 2017\u2014revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was \u201cfresh, unpretentious and lean\u201d (Madeline Miller,\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>)\u2014critics lauded it as \u201ca revelation\u201d (Susan Chira,\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>) and \u201ca cultural landmark\u201d (Charlotte Higgins,\u00a0<em>Guardian<\/em>) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. 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