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Emily Wilson Retranslates “Odyssey” With Updated, Expanded Edition

9/2/2026

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Emily Wilson is retranslating Homer’s Odyssey from scratch and is about halfway through.
Her 2017 translation, the first English Odyssey by a woman, sold over a million copies.
After Christopher Nolan’s July 2026 film opened with $264.1 million worldwide, Audible purchases rose 600 % and UK print sales jumped 1,400 %.
The upcoming edition will add lines, use longer words, cut the word ‘slave’, and quadruple endnotes.

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Story summary

Emily Wilson is retranslating Homer’s Odyssey from scratch and is about halfway through.
Her 2017 translation, the first English Odyssey by a woman, sold over a million copies.
After Christopher Nolan’s July 2026 film opened with $264.1 million worldwide, Audible purchases rose 600 % and UK print sales jumped 1,400 %.
The upcoming edition will add lines, use longer words, cut the word ‘slave’, and quadruple endnotes.