Emily Wilson
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214 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 12 Jul
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So he's both a warrior hero and a trickster hero.
and a strategy hero.
Within the archaic context, is there the kind of judgment about, oh, we don't like dishonesty, that there is in later cultures?
I don't think there is.
I think there's much more open-mindedness about, yes, one of his skills is he can tell any story, and he can talk out of many different sides of his mouth.
He's really good at that.
That's an important skill.
I think it's quite odd, even with the less trolly kind of people, I think it's quite odd to think that one book or one translation erases the others.
I mean, if people prefer some other translation or if people want to read the Greek, I would love for them to do that.
I think it's great.
I have no desire to legislate about which versions of the Odyssey or of any ancient text people want to engage with.
So I think there's something quite strange about the idea that the canon doesn't have room for many, many different interpretations, translations, engagements, reinventions.
Which is sweet.
Don't need to get angry about it.
Glad I'm happy for you that you had that.
I mean, I hesitate about universality because, of course, the Odyssey has meant different things in different moments of history, right, to different people.
But I think the other section of your question, I absolutely, I think the original poem for me, but I'm also so much not alone in this, is deeply moving.
There's so many big emotions in Homer.
There are so many characters feeling enormous amounts of both rage and grief and joy and excitement.
And those qualities seem to me not always legible in all translations that I've looked at or read.
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