This conversation took place in response to my new verse translation of Homer’s The Iliad (Norton, September 2023), for which I also wrote the introduction and notes. I published a translation of The Odyssey in 2017, which Madeline very kindly reviewed. I love Madeline’s moving, vivid novels based on the Homeric poems—the tragic, Iliadic Song … Continue reading Enduring Epics: Emily Wilson and Madeline Miller on Breathing New Life Into Ancient Classics