‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson says Nolan should have hired a scriptwriter

Classicist and translator Emily Wilson published <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man"target="_blank"   >a critical review</a> of Christopher NolanThe 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.

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