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Emily Wilson Re-translates The Odyssey | Durham News
Emily Wilson, the acclaimed translator behind the bestselling 2017 “Odyssey,” is boldly revisiting her own masterpiece—just a decade later—with a sharper, more nuanced take. Her original translation broke ground as the first major English version by a woman and sold over a million copies, but now she’s tweaking key choices, like replacing the word “slave” with more precise ancient Greek equivalents. This rare move—starting a full new translation so soon after the first—is unprecedented in literary history, even sparking controversy among publishers and educators. Wilson admits her publisher…
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