Sublime

"Oh, you've never read The Odyssey???" Your timing is perfect. Emily Wilson's translation is the best one in literally ages, has that sweet iambic pentameter to give it a "bouncy" feel, & makes dudebros cry that the classic has "gone woke". 😁 https://t.co/zN5uSPTJSY

1 month from today, Emily Wilson’s translation of the Iliad comes out. In 2017, she became the first woman ever to translate the Odyssey into English I want to be careful with my words here: her translation was abominable, a crime against the classics. Now she’s... See more