Emily Wilson (classicist)
Emily Wilson | |
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 Wilson in 2022 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
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| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Katherine Duncan-Jones (mother) A. N. Wilson (father) |
| Relatives | Bee Wilson (sister) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Balliol College, Oxford (BA) Corpus Christi College, Oxford (MPhil) Yale University (PhD) |
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| Discipline | Classicist |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
Notable works | The Odyssey (English translation) Iliad (English translation) |
| Website | www |
Emily Wilson (born 1971) is a British and American classicist and translator. She is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her translation of Homer's Odyssey, published in 2017, is the first by a woman into English verse. Her translation of the Iliad was published in 2023.
Wilson is the author of several books, including Mocked with 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).