What Emily Wilson has said about Online misogyny and trolling
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 Online misogyny and trolling 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 contends that the trolls attacking her translation are not actually interested in the Odyssey but in modern ideas of masculinity, whiteness and Western identity.
“It's all just online performativity about modern notions about masculinity and greatness and... and actually whiteness and westernness as well. None of that is about the Odyssey”
The Daily: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything. (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 20:44
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.
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