Author Sites

Photo by Daniel McGarrity

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 in Renaissance and early modern studies, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim 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 Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson
Hardback, 2017
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson
Paperback, 2018
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
The Odyssey: A Norton Critical Edition
Homer, Emily Wilson
First Edition, Paperback, 2020
“A revelation. Never have I been so aware at once of the beauty of the poetry, the physicality of Homer’s world, and the moral ambiguity of those who inhabit it.” —Susan Chira, The New York Times...
The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson
Paperback, 2020
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
Metamorphoses
Ovid, Charles Martin, Emily Wilson
Paperback, 2021
About Charles Martin’s translation.
Oedipus Tyrannos: A Norton Critical Edition
Sophocles, Emily Wilson, Emily Wilson
First Edition, Paperback, 2021
The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson
E Book, 2017
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson
E Book, 2021
About Emily Wilson’s translation
Metamorphoses
Ovid, Charles Martin, Emily Wilson
E Book, 2021
About Charles Martin’s translation
The Odyssey: A Norton Critical Edition
Homer, Emily Wilson
First Edition, E Book, 2021
“A revelation. Never have I been so aware at once of the beauty of the poetry, the physicality of Homer’s world, and the moral ambiguity of those who inhabit it.” —Susan Chira, The New York Times...