What Madeline Miller has said about Telemachus
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 12, 2026
Madeline Miller, American novelist and classics teacher, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles, has been quoted on Telemachus 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
Miller says Telemachus is hard to connect with because the poem catches him at a moment of youth, anxiety and immaturity.
“the Telemachus we see in that moment in the Odyssey may not be the Telemachus he is his whole life. It's who he is at this moment of anxiety and immaturity, honestly”
The Daily: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything. (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 37:11
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 Telemachus
- Emily Wilson · 1 quote
Madeline Miller on other topics
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- Odysseus · 1 quote
- Circe (novel) · 1 quote