Emily Wilson (classicist)
Emily Rose Caroline Wilson (born 1971) is a British American classicist, author, translator, and Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2018, she became the first woman to publish an English translation of Homer's Odyssey. Her translation of the Iliad was released in September 2023.
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| Born | Emily Rose Caroline Wilson 1971 (age 52–53) Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, author, translator |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Katherine Duncan-Jones A. N. Wilson |
| Relatives | Elsie Duncan-Jones (grandmother) Bee Wilson (sister) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Balliol College, Oxford Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classicist |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Notable works | Mocked with Death The Death of Socrates Seneca. Six Tragedies (English translation) The Greatest Empire Odyssey (English translation) Iliad (English translation) |
| Website | www |
She is also 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).
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