<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2700×1344+0+457/resize/2700×1344!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F97%2F40%2Fb736000f4d5e8119e2c8d53c55c4%2Fwilsonemily-ctrusteesoftheuniversityofpennsylvania.jpg" alt='Classicist and translator Emily Wilson published a critical review of Christopher Nolan’ s>The Odyssey in the London Review of Books. Wilson has loved Greek myths since childhood and has translated both the Iliad and Odyssey. She has tattoos of a spear on one leg and a bow on the other — she says they represent Achilles and Odysseus.’/>
The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she’s translating the poem again.
