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Emily Wilson

Emily Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a MacArthur Fellow. In addition to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, she has also published translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca. She lives in Philadelphia.

Emily Wilson

Awards

Shortlisted — American Literary Translators Association National Translation Award, 2018

Commended — New York Times Notable Selection, 2018

Shortlisted — Runciman Award, 2024

Books by Emily Wilson

The Aeneid
Virgil, Scott McGill, Susannah Wright, Emily Wilson
E Book
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately verse in a vivid, contemporary idiom
The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson
International Student Edition, E Book
About Emily Wilson’s translation
Metamorphoses
Ovid, Charles Martin, Emily Wilson
International Student Edition, E Book
About Charles Martin’s translation
The Iliad (The Norton Library)
Homer, Emily Wilson
First Edition, E Book
The Aeneid
Virgil, Scott McGill, Susannah Wright, Emily Wilson
Paperback, 2026
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately verse in a vivid, contemporary idiom
The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson
First International Student Edition, E Book
The Iliad: A Norton Critical Edition
Homer, Emily Wilson
First Edition, Paperback, 2026
Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles, Sheila Murnaghan, Emily Wilson
E Book, 2027
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