Emily Wilson

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468 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Aug

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Fresh Air · Best Of: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson / Actor Jon Bernthal · 1 Aug 2026 podcast

I also think it's interesting how Fagles very, very often adds in metaphors, idioms, one could say clichés that are common in contemporary American English that don't correspond to idioms or metaphors in the original. matched

So, for instance, we have... matched

Twists and turns, time and again, of course, the idea of launching out on the story as if the story is like a boat. matched

None of those metaphors are there in the original Greek. matched

And of course, there's nothing wrong with adding in a lot of metaphors. matched

It's a friendly gesture to the reader. matched

But I think if you haven't read the original, you may not quite realize how much is Fagel's domesticizing and adding things into matched

to bring this ancient poem closer to the assumed metaphors and ways of thinking of his 20th century American readership. matched

Yes, this is the opening lines of the poem. matched

And I should also say that this is a rewrite. matched

This is not exactly the same as my published 2017 version because I'm actually in the process of doing it all again. matched

So I'm going to do this expanded version. matched

Spoiler there. matched

New re-translation. matched

Sorry about the spoiler there. matched

You can cut that out if you want to. matched

That's fine. matched

Tell me about a complicated man, Muse, who was lost so long and fled so far when he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy, and how he saw and understood so many people and so many places and suffered so much in his heart at sea as he was struggling to save his life and bring his men back home. matched

But even so, despite his efforts, he did not protect them. matched

Poor fools, they died by their own willfulness. matched

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