Emily Wilson reading the first book of her Odyssey translation at the Deep Water Literary Festival in Narrowsburg, New York, June 16, 2018. Photograph by Edward Marritz.
"Translating the Odyssey AGAIN: How and Why" by Emily Wilson
Opening Keynote Speaker for the International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters 5th International Conference (Valencia, Spain).
An all-day, collaborative reading of Homer's Odyssey in Prof. Emily Wilson's new translation. At lunch, Prof. Wilson will be joining us for a conversation about the epic and her translation.
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An Evening with Emily Wilson, translator of Homer’s Odyssey
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.
Emily Wilson’s new translation — the first by a woman — captivates readers from the opening sentence: “Tell me about a complicated man.” Professor Wilson captures the beauty and enchantment of this ancient poem as well as the suspense and drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, from the cunning goddess Athena to the awkward teenage son, Telemachus; from the cautious, clever, and miserable Penelope, to the complicated hero himself.
Beginning this fall, students in four Maryland high schools will create new theater work, artwork, and history projects using this new, accessible translation of the Odyssey. To celebrate this academic milestone, the Pratt will host a conversation open to the public with translator Emily Wilson, Professor of Classical Studies and graduate chair of the Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Wilson will be joined by:
Lillian Doherty, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Classics, University of Maryland.
Shirley Basfield Dunlap, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Fine & Performing Arts at Morgan State University.
Thomas Falkner, Professor of Classics at McDaniel College.
Emily Hayman, Ph.D., Instructor in Literature, Bard High School Early College.
A reception with light refreshments will follow the program.
The Ivy Bookshop will have copies of the book for sale at a book signing following the program.
This program is made possible with generous support from Maryland Humanities, the Society for Classical Studies, the Onassis Foundation USA, and the Mitzvah Fund for Good Deeds.
Translating The Odyssey: How and Why
Professor Wilson will discuss her process in creating a new verse translation of Homer’s The Odyssey and explain how her translation differs from others currently available in
English.
Lectures will be held in the Francis Scott Key Auditorium at 8 p.m. They are free and open to the public. For more information on the lecture series, please call 410-626-2511.
In her stunning new translation of The Odyssey—the first-ever English translation by a woman—renowned classics scholar Emily Wilson brings a fresh perspective to Homer’s masterpiece while still conveying the humanity and heroic power of the original Greek. Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, the author of Mocked to Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton, and the translator of plays by Seneca and Euripides.
Readings are followed by discussion with author and UCLA professor Mona Simpson, who organizes this series. Supported in part by the UCLA Department of English and the Friends of English.
First published in English around 1615, Homer’s The Odyssey has been foundational reading for generations. Four hundred and two years later, the first translation into English by a woman of this canonical text has made its way onto bookshelves. Emily Wilson, professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will read from her translation and discuss her approach to the project.
This program is presented in partnership with the Scripps College Department of Classics.
Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey has been called "a masterpiece of translation," "a poetic feast," and "a staggeringly superior translation." Meanwhile, Madeline Miller's novel Circe, a creative retelling of the goddess Circe's story, took the world by storm this summer, quickly becoming a #1 New York Times Bestseller.
The Midtown Scholar is thrilled to welcome author and scholar Emily Wilson and welcome BACK Madeline Miller for a conversation on translating The Odyssey.
In this seminar we will discuss the representation of female characters in the Odyssey, tracing contrasts and similarities between elite mortal women, female slaves and goddesses (both Olympian and natural/ monstrous).
Price: from $100.00
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 6:30 PM | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.
In this fresh, authoritative version—the work’s first English translation by a woman—this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, this engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer’s sprightly pace and singing with a voice that echoes Homer’s music.
Its characters are unforgettable, from the cunning goddess Athena, whose interventions guide and protect the hero, to the awkward teenage son, Telemachus, who struggles to achieve adulthood and find his father; from the cautious, clever, and miserable Penelope, who somehow keeps clamoring suitors at bay during her husband’s long absence, to the “complicated” hero himself, a man of many disguises, many tricks, and many moods, who emerges in this translation as a more fully rounded human being than ever before. This is an Odyssey that will be treasured by a new generation of scholars, students, and general readers alike.
Emily Wilson grew up in Oxford, UK, and studied Classics at Balliol College, and English Literature at Corpus Christi College. Her PhD. is from Yale in Classics and Comparative Literature. She is currently a Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has written books on tragedy and “overliving,” the long afterlife of the death of Socrates, and a life of Seneca. She has also done several verse translations of classical verse drama and epic, including Seneca’s tragedies, four plays of Euripides, and Homer’s Odyssey.
To register, use the form below. With registration questions, call the Events Office at 212.288.6900 x230.
Price
$15.00
DECEMBER 06 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Mayser Gymnasium
Emily Wilson
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Public Reading of Emily's Wilson's "Odyssey"
Each year, the Key West Literary Seminar explores a particular literary theme. For our 37th event, January 10-13, 2019, we’ll assemble some of today’s most dazzling writers for a journey through literary archetypes—from Shakespeare and Homer to African folktales and early 20th-century novels and comic-book heroes—as we seek to understand the nature of literary influence.
The first woman to translate the Odyssey into English, scholar Emily Wilson “has given Homer’s epic a radically contemporary voice” (The New York Times). In this talk, she discusses the challenges of making this ancient work feel alive now, discussing formal decisions (meter, word choice, pacing, stylistic register) she made in bringing out Homer’s many voices. She will also read from her translation.
Emily Wilson is professor of Classical Studies and chair of the Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Mocked to Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton (2004), The Death of Socrates: Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint (2007), and The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca (2014), as well as the translator of Six Tragedies of Seneca (2010) and four plays by Euripides (The Greek Plays, 2016).
Event Sponsored By:
Poets House, co-sponsored by the Battery Park City Authority
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House members
Description:Emily Wilson is the first woman to translate the "Odyssey". Following the talk, Emily's books will be on sale and she will host a book signing 5:30p-6:15p.
22 Jul
At the Helicon
The Helicon is our intimate 190-seater performance space, designed with a nod to the Greek theatre which Seamus Heaney so loved, and where you can enjoy theatre, music, song, poetry, readings and talks inspired by his life and literature on the traverse stage.
Helicon, a mountain in Greece, is a sacred site in Greek mythology, said to have been favoured by the nine Muses – or Goddesses - who shared their divine gifts with mortals. It is the location of the Hippocrene spring which, in legend, is a source of poetic inspiration.
Emily Wilson has written a lean, fleet-footed translation of The Odyssey that recaptures Homer’s ‘nimble gallop’ and brings an ancient epic to new life.
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world.
This vivid new poetic translation—the first ever by a woman—matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer’s sprightly pace. Eschewing showy poeticisms and high-flown rhetoric, Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant language and a five-beat line to produce a translation with an enchanting ‘rhythm and rumble’ that avoids proclaiming its own grandeur or importance.
An engrossing tale told in a compelling new voice that allows contemporary readers to luxuriate in Homer’s magical descriptions and similes and to thrill at the tension and excitement of its hero’s fantastical adventures, Wilson’s Odyssey recaptures what is ‘epic’ about this wellspring of world literature.
This event is presented in conjunction with Seamus Heaney HomePlace
Cost
€16
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deep-water-literary-festival-tickets-46251660963
Saturday June 16th
The Odyssey Books 1 & 2: A Marathon launches with Emily Wilson
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
On your marks, get set... read! Emily Wilson launches our marathon reading of The Odyssey with books 1 & 2, in which our hero, Odysseus, is presumed dead, while the goddess Athena sets the scene for an epic journey. The reading is accompanied by "The Suit," a series of reconstructions and musings over the history of the three-piece suit – lead by Morgan Puett, co-founder of Mildred’s Lane and The Mildred Complex(ity.)
The Odyssey Book 3: Dylan Baker reads An Old King Remembers
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
The Library, 198 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Tony-nominated actor continues our marathon reading.
The Odyssey Book 4: What the Sea God Said: a virtual reality experience
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
The Library, 198 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 5: From the Goddess to the Storm: Lucy Taylor and Kameron Neal
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
Chi Hive, 22 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The actor Lucy Taylor, best known for her work with Elevator Repair Service and The Wooster Group, reads book five of The Odyssey, "From the Goddess to the Storm," in which the nymph Calypso reluctantly allows the hero to return home. With video by Kameron Neal.
The Odyssey Book 6: A Princess and Her Laundry featuring Becky Ann Baker and Tom Bosket
1:15 - 1:45 PM
Chi Hive, 22 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Emmy-nominated actor, best known for Freaks & Geeks and Girls, reads from book six of The Odyssey, with a live artscape created by Tom Bosket.
A.M. Holmes reads from her new collection of short stories Days of Awe
1:45 - 2:45
The Odyssey Book 7: A Magical Kingdom featuring Phillip Goodwin and Amy Yoes
3:00 - 3:30
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Phillip Goodwin reads from book seven with a video performance by Amy Yoes
The Odyssey Book 8: The Songs of a Poet featuring Amanda Stern and a video by Rodger Belknap
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 9: A Pirate in a Shepherd’s Cave featuring Tannis Kowalchuk & artwork by Hana Marritz
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
256 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 10: The Winds and the Witch featuring Tilda Swinton
4:45 - 5:15 PM
Maison Bergogne, 226 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 11: The Dead featuring Marlon James
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM
St Paul's Lutheran Church, 31 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 12: Difficult Choices featuring Debbie Fisher Palmarini
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Gazebo by the bridge Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Enjoy local beeswax and honey ice cream
The Odyssey Book 13: Two Tricksters
6:30 PM
Gazebo by the bridge Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Immerse yourself in the written word with a Zine created by Jordan Nassar
Masha Gessen and Nina Burleigh: The Art of Reporting in Trump’s America
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, USA
Join Masha Gessen, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and winner of the 2017 National Book Award for The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, and Nina Burleigh, National Politics Correspondent for Newsweek as they discuss their investigative journalism with WNYC’s political editor, Andrea Bernstein. RSVP to RSVP@grandeditorial.com to guarantee a seat.
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Penny Arcade in Longing Lasts Longer
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, USA
The performance legend brings her hit show to the Tusten Theater with cocktails by The Laundrette.
Tickets also available from Narrowsburg Proper, Mayer Wasner, Robin's Wine Store in Narrowsburg, DVAA, and One Grand Books.
The Odyssey Book 14: A Loyal Slave featuring Emily Wilson and Marc Switko
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 15: The Prince Returns
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 16: Father & Son featuring Mark Ruffalo
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 17: Insults & Abuse featuring Penny Arcade
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Emerald Ballroom, 40 Main St. Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 18: Two Beggars
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Mayer Wasner, 58 Main St.
The Odyssey Book 19: The Queen and the Beggar
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 20: The Last Banquet featuring Kristin Worrall
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 21: An Archery Contest featuring Dr. Lennon
2:15 - 2:45
The Laundrette 20 5th St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 22: Bloodshed featuring Ryan Ward and Ken Luck
2:45 - 3:15
The Laundrette 20 5th St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
The Odyssey Book 23: The Olive Tree Bed
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
The Platform, Main St Narrowsburg, NY 12764, USA
The Odyssey Book 24: Restless Spirits
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
The Platform, Main St Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Movie Homecomings: Sunset Song
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Narrowsburg Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel, set mostly on the fictional Estate of Kinraddie in northeastern Scotland in the years before World War I, is a British literary classic, no lovingly translated into film by the auteur Terence Davies.
Movie Homecomings: Marjorie Prime
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Union Works, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Starring Geena Davies, Tim Robbins, and Jon Hamm, this sci-fi movies directed Michael Almereyda's sci-fi movies, in which a holographic-generated “prime” helps an 85-year old woman (Lois Smith) deal with Alzheimers, was widely praised on its release last summer. "There’s more going on in this movie’s 90-plus minutes than in many summer blockbusters nearly twice its length," wrote Glenn Kenny in The New York Times.
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Movie Homecomings: I Know Where I'm Going
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Union Works, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Directed by the great Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, this 1945 romantic drama, stars Wendy Hiller as a young middle class Englishwoman with an ambitious, independent spirit who is forced to wait out a storm on the Isle of Mull.
See Emily Wilson in person at our inaugural #deepwaterlitfest in #Narrowsburg discussing her translation Friday June 15 (Wilson will also kick of a marathon reading of The Odyssey on Sat 16th June at the Union at 10.30am).
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deep-water-literary-festival-tickets-46251660963
Join us for a magical three-day festival for people who love books, and the writers that inspire them, with a series of readings, performances, and a marathon, multi-venue reading of The Odyssey.
From a panel on pioneering women, to a poetry and pizza slam; from live musical performances to literary karaoke, explore the beautiful river town of Narrowsburg, NY by foot while celebrating the power of words and the joy of reading.
SPACE IS LIMITED. Reserve your tickets ahead of time to secure your spot. Tickets will be available at the door if space allows
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Opening Night Cocktail Party & Recitals
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Main Street, Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, USA
Join local merchants as they open their doors for a Odyssey-themed cocktail party and readings.
Bella Bathurst: A Meditation on Sound
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Gloria Krause Recital Hall, DVAA, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg 12764
In 1997, Bella Bathurst began to go deaf. Within a few months, she had lost half her hearing, and the rest was slipping away. For the next twelve years, deafness shaped her life, until, in 2009, everything changed again. Sound draws on this extraordinary experience, exploring what it is like to lose your hearing and – as Bella eventually did – to get it back, and what that teaches you about listening and silence, music and noise.
Emily Wilson: On Translating Homer's The Odyssey
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Gloria Krause Recital Hall, DVAA, 37 Main St. Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Emily Wilson is the first woman to translate the Greek epic into English. She talk about her process, and her radical break with the past.
Jake Shears: Boys Keep Swinging
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Gloria Krause Recital Hall, DVAA, 37 Main St. Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Jake Shears of Scissors Sisters is up to read from his new memoir “Boys Keep Swinging”
The 2018 Anthea Bell Lecture: Translating HomerSunday 27 May 2018, 4pm Venue: Oxfam Moot
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey, is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travelers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. The vivid new translation, the first by a woman, matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Wilson employs elemental, resonant language and a five-beat line to produce a translation with an enchanting ‘rhythm and rumble’. She recaptures what is epic about this wellspring of world literature. This inaugural translation lecture is given in the name of the pre-eminent translator, whose peerless work rendering French, Danish and German literature into English ranges from Asterix to Austerlitz. Chaired by Charlotte Higgins.
To the Western world’s first great adventure story, The Odyssey, comes its first female translator, classicist Emily Wilson, whose sprightly and fresh version is already garnering huge praise. Join her and hear extended readings from Homer’s epic tale of war, violence and the long journey home – themes that remain as pressing now as they ever were.
Venue: Assembly Rooms
Price: £10 (£9)
FoI at Waterstones/
Thu 24 May 2018
19:00-20:00
Waterstones
Price: £8/ £6
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage and family; about travellers, hospitality and the yearning for home. Classicist Emily Wilson discusses her new translation of The Odyssey – the first English translation by a woman. She talks about her work on the text and reveals how the ancient story is relevant today.
She is in conversation with Sarah LeFanu.
Wednesday, May 16th, 6PM, The Penn Book Center, Philadelphia, PA. A reading by Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles., and conversation with Emily Wilson.
Bizarre, brutal and beautiful, Homer’s The Odyssey is a story of adventure and revenge. It’s one of our oldest stories and an enduring source of obsession for readers, scholars and storytellers.
In Australia, if you studied The Odyssey at school or at university, you probably read it in English and in prose. How much of the rhythm, pace and spirit of Homer’s epic Greek poem has been lost through dozens of English translations over hundreds of years? And what can a new, radical intervention from a different kind of translator bring to our understanding of the story?
Classicist Emily Wilson is the author of an immersive translation that breathes new life into The Odyssey. Written in startling, spirited verse, Wilson’s Odyssey soars and sings. At the centre of all the action is, of course, the sacker of cities and slayer of suitors, Odysseus himself. In Wilson’s telling, our hero is introduced as ‘a complicated man’; a figure of many moods and layers.
In May, this remarkable scholar – and the first woman to translate The Odyssey in English – will discuss translation, truth and complex heroes with Alison Croggon.
In 2017, Emily Wilson became the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English. Her translation of the 12,110-line epic poem offered a fresh perspective on the rousing tale of shipwrecks, monsters and magic. Her text has been praised for its accuracy and an accessibility that brings the ancient work into the 21st century ... . Speaking to Jennifer Byrne, Emily elaborates on her approach to translating the second-oldest text in Western literature and why it remains so vital today.
The Newell Classical Event 2018, celebrating the classical world, is to take place at St John’s College on 3 May.
Emily Wilson’s acclaimed new translation of Homer’s Odyssey has been described as ‘a new cultural landmark’ (The Guardian) and 'an Odyssey for our moment’ (The Spectator).
The Newell Classical Event will take place at 7.15pm on Thursday 3 May in the Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, St John’s College. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event, and pre-booking is not necessary. For further information, please contact tjgw100@cam.ac.uk
Event Details
10 pounds admission
Wednesday 2nd May at 12:30pm
Event takes place at Daunt Books Marylebone, 83 Marylebone High Street, London W1U 4QW.
Please collect your tickets at the venue.
Emily Wilson has been much lauded on both sides of the Atlantic for her brilliant new translation of Homer’s Odyssey, which is also the first English translation by a woman.
“Fresh, crisp and thoughtful, the translation reflects smart choices across the board…Homer has long deserved better, as have his readers. Now we have it.” i Paper
‘Wilson’s version is an exciting one’ Mary Beard
Women in Ancient Studies Presents:
Emily Wilson
Professor of Classical Studies at University of Pennsylvania
Discussing her translation of The Odyssey
Saturday April 28th
4:30 pm
Loria 351
Book signing and reception to follow
Emily Wilson, Professor of Classics, the University of Pennsylvania
Moderated by Wyatt Mason
This presentation is a keynote address for the Translation Symposium @ Bard, sponsored by L&L and Bard's Translation and Translatability Initiative.
FREE Tickets available at https://www.showclix.com/event/godsandmortals/tag/pub
New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
42nd St and 5th Ave
The author of the international bestseller The Song of Achilles returns with her latest novel, the story of the mythological sorceress Circe, inspired by The Odyssey. She speaks about it with classicist and Odyssey translator Emily Wilson.
Madeline Miller's first novel, The Song of Achilles, transformed The Iliad from a vast impersonal epic into an intimate and poignant love story, combining scholarship with creativity to such heights that Miller won comparisons to Mary Renault and Margaret Atwood—as well as the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. Now Miller turns her mind to Homer's other great work, and one of mythology's most riveting figures, in Circe.
10 April (Tuesday): Emily Wilson, University of Pennsylvania, presents "Translating the Odyssey: How and Why," the 42nd annual Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities, Loyola University Chicago. 4:00-5:30pm, reception to follow. Piper Hall, Lake Shore Campus.
**SOLD OUT**
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In a fresh, authoritative version, this stirring tale comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, Wilson’s engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer’s sprightly pace.
Emily Wilson will discuss her approach to translating the Odyssey into English verse, exploring her formal, poetic, literary and interpretative choices. She will include reading from her translation, and would be delighted to answer questions from the audience.
This program is sponsored by Jim and Genie Murphy.
Tuesday, April 3 at 5:30 PM EDT
Location
Pryz Great Room B
Description
Emily Wilson is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and graduate Chair of Comparative Literature.
Her previous books are:
The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca (2014); The Norton Anthology of World Literature and Western Literature (2012); Six Tragedies of Seneca (2010); The Death of Socrates: Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint (2007); and Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Socrates to Milton (2003)
While more texts by and about women appear on core text syllabi than ever, integrating women into core curricula continues to present special challenges and opportunities. The Intellectual Heritage Program at Temple University, in partnership with the Association of Core Texts and Courses and with support from Temple’s Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, welcomes proposals for papers addressing the variety of ways in which women figure in the core. These include, but are not limited to: texts by women authors or about women characters; challenges and successes in integrating women’s voices in core curricula; questions concerning the canon and the archive; the dynamics of gender identity in the classroom; critical developments in feminism and gender studies; and intersectionality.
Hosted by the Intellectual Heritage Program at Temple University
Co-Sponsored by the Association of Core Texts and Courses (ACTC)
Supported by Temple’s Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program
For more information, contact
Dr. Genevieve Amaral, Associate Director for Special Programs, Intellectual Heritage Program
Attendees must register for the conference https://sites.temple.edu/womenincore/registration-and-accommodations/
“Translating the Odyssey Again: Why and How?”
Gilman 50
Classics Professor Emily Wilson will present "Translating the Odyssey: How, Why, When” on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at 5:30 pm, in Taylor Hall, Room 203. The event is free and open to the public.
Emily Wilson is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and the first woman to translate Homer's Odyssey into English. Her book was published in 2017 by W.W. Norton, and has received international coverage. She has also translated works of Euripides and Seneca, and produced a number of scholarly monographs. In her lecture Wilson will discuss her experience of translating Homer's epic poem.
This event is sponsored by the Greek and Roman Studies Department, Women's Studies Department and the Library.
in the Arts Cafe
Published by Norton in November 2017, Emily Wilson’s line-for-line iambic pentameter version of The Odyssey is the first English translation by a woman. It has been called “a lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s 'nimble gallop' and brings an ancient epic to new life."
SOLD OUT
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey comes alive in an entirely new way in this fresh, authoritative new translation by Dr. Emily Wilson, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Recently profiled in The New York Times Magazine, Dr. Wilson is the first woman to translate this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic into English, and her translation captures the beauty and enchantment of this ancient poem as well as the suspense and drama of its narrative. Reception to follow for Penn Museum Expedition Circle members at the Fellows level and up, the 1887 Society, and the Sara Yorke Stevenson Society.
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version—the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman—this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, this engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer’s sprightly pace and singing with a voice that echoes Homer’s music.
Emily Wilson’s Odyssey captures the beauty and enchantment of this ancient poem as well as the suspense and drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, from the cunning goddess Athena, whose interventions guide and protect the hero, to the awkward teenage son, Telemachus, who struggles to achieve adulthood and find his father; from the cautious, clever, and miserable Penelope, who somehow keeps clamoring suitors at bay during her husband’s long absence, to the “complicated” hero himself, a man of many disguises, many tricks, and many moods, who emerges in this translation as a more fully rounded human being than ever before.
Collins Cafe, Collins Cinema
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Classicist Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate Homer's Odyssey in its entirety, will read and discuss her translation.
More info here.
Arts Cafe at Barker Center
12 Quincy St.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
More information here
