What Emily Wilson has said about Odysseus
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 12, 2026
Emily Wilson, Classicist and translator, the first woman to translate Homer's Odyssey into English, has been quoted on Odysseus once in 1 episode of The Daily, most recently on July 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Wilson says Odysseus is complicated because of his multiplicity, code-switching and capacity for self-reinvention, unlike other Homeric heroes.
“He has this capacity for self-reinvention and for having multiple identities, which is very different from anyone else in the universe, in the Homeric universe”
The Daily: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything. (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 28:41
Episodes
What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything.The Daily · Jul 12, 2026 · 51 min
Natalie Kitroeff talks with translator Emily Wilson and novelist Madeline Miller about the Odyssey ahead of Christopher Nolan's film adaptation.
Others on Odysseus
- Madeline Miller · 1 quote
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