It’s also a really, really long one: Emily Wilson’s acclaimed 2018 translation of “The Odyssey” is a hefty 592 pages. Not that literary doorstops like “The Lord of the Rings” or the ...
Emily Wilson’s invocation in her translation of Homer’s “Odyssey” ends: “Now goddess, child of Zeus, tell the old story for our modern times. Find the beginning.” Musician Joe Goodkin’s recent visit ...