Look who else is reading “The Odyssey”!

Emily’s Odyssey readings for the young (and young in spirit!)

While hopefully not neglecting working on her awaited Iliad translation, Emily Wilson has been using some of her time with a little playful emoting from The Odyssey – perhaps directed towards a younger audience than I, but a lot of fun anyway. The clip below is from Book 1, and short readings from each book are on her YouTube channel, and here is an overview on Emily’s website. Maybe I can get some pronunciation and elocution tips! I have been making my own recordings (as an incentive to read aloud!) but more often than not fall afoul when it comes to the pronunciation of people and places.

Emily Wilson reads a section from her translation of The Odyssey, Book 1.

And this news of a further lorbeer for Emily. May she not rest on her laurels.

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