Written in iambic pentameter verse, Emily Wilson's Odyssey is a lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life. The New York Times named Wilson’s translation as one of its 100 notable books of 2018.
The Odyssey is available as a volume in the Norton Library (ISBN: 978-0-393-54340-7) and as a Norton Critical Edition (ISBN: 978-0-393-65507-0), edited by Professor Wilson. In addition to the full text translation, introduction, footnotes, and book summaries, the NCE includes: contextual materials including sources and analogues by Homer, Sappho, Pindar, and others; critical essays addressing key topics essential to the study of the Odyssey ; a glossary; and a list of suggested further readings.
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Written in iambic pentameter verse, Emily Wilson's Odyssey is a lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life. The New York Times named Wilson’s translation as one of its 100 notable books of 2018.
The Odyssey is available as a volume in the Norton Library (ISBN: 978-0-393-54340-7) and as a Norton Critical Edition (ISBN: 978-0-393-65507-0), edited by Professor Wilson. In addition to the full text translation, introduction, footnotes, and book summaries, the NCE includes: contextual materials including sources and analogues by Homer, Sappho, Pindar, and others; critical essays addressing key topics essential to the study of the Odyssey ; a glossary; and a list of suggested further readings.