#emilywilson
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Book 5 of 2026: The Odyssey by Homer (Emily Wilson translation). 3⭐️📚 “This is absurd, that mortals blame the gods! They say we cause their suffering, but they themselves increase it by their folly.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2026 #theodyssey #emilywilson #homer
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 AM
“When people can no longer live in their homes, where can they go? Do we have a duty to welcome immigrants? Do asylum seekers have a right to gain refuge, … How do we decide who belongs where? Who owns the land? Who gets to choose?”
#classics #EmilyWilson

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Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World
“Hindsight as foresight makes no sense,” insists the speaker of W. H. Auden’s great poem about the Aeneid, “Secondary Epic,” objecting to perhaps the most provocative element of Virgil’s epic: the …
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September 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#EmilyWilson Explores #TheAeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

“This ancient epic raises profound, provocative questions that are now more pressing than ever.”

#Classics #Literature

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Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World
“Hindsight as foresight makes no sense,” insists the speaker of W. H. Auden’s great poem about the Aeneid, “Secondary Epic,” objecting to perhaps the most provocative element of Virgil’s epic: the …
lithub.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
👇 how to weave the stories that will save the world. 🌏
A 3 step guide 👇
💫 recognise flawed individualistic narratives about leadership
💫 change the patterns of opposition & domination they produce
💫 via collective voices at the heart of decision-making

#leadership #power

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How to Weave the Stories that Will Save the World.
Stories shape our world. They are the loom on which we weave the fabric of reality. When we recognise that we live within stories, and they…
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May 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Cat, coffee and Odysseus. #catsofmastodon
May 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
January 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I somehow ended up on Twitter defending Emily Wilson’s translation of the Iliad and Odyssey, and I certainly didn’t anticipate defending a classic book. 😂 #Odyssey #EmilyWilson
December 30, 2024 at 1:25 PM
For all you lovers of #Homer and #AncientGreek, a wonderful podcast by @leschepod.bsky.social in which #EmilyWilson shares details of how she translated the #Iliad. I love that she talks about one of my favourite Greek words, κόλπος (kolpos). 😊 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
November 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Wow. #emilywilson is pretty stupid. I'm ashamed she lives in California! And yes, you ARE a "crazy right winger."
November 19, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Why this bitch got so pressed when Dean used the N-word when he was young and then she was also pressed when he told her to stop using gay slur, I don't understand MAGA people. Most of the time when people speak she just doesn't listen too and always talks over ppl. #emilywilson #deanwithers #thehoe
November 14, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Finished: as I read The Iliad
—we ALL read The Iliad.
That was fun. Violent, but fun.

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #books
October 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM
October 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
“The Fates gave humans an enduring heart.”

Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #books
October 16, 2024 at 5:52 AM
“As in a dream, the chase goes on forever—
you never catch, you never get away—”

Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #books
October 16, 2024 at 3:37 AM
“Aeneas answered, “Son of Peleus,
you should not try to scare me like a child.
I am as good as you at giving speeches,
using insulting and unpleasant words.”

Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #Books
October 14, 2024 at 1:52 PM
“So now,
all of you, turn and face the enemy,
and live or die in the caress of war.”

Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #Books #ClassicalLiterature
October 13, 2024 at 4:19 PM
“And then the twins, swift Sleep and swifter Death,
carried him speedily to his own homeland,
.."

Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #Books
October 13, 2024 at 2:53 PM
“If we are lax in battle, we are lost.”

Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #Books
October 13, 2024 at 8:11 AM
“My friends, be men, and place inside your hearts
respect and reverence for one another,
no matter how intense the fighting gets.
Those who respect and care for one another
are usually not killed. They may survive.

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #Books
October 13, 2024 at 2:06 AM
“...Then Zeus,
the son of Cronus, roused a dreadful din.
From the high heaven he sent down thick drops
of gushing blood, because it was his will
to send so many living men to Hades.”

Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson

#theiliad #homer #emilywilson
#conflict #panic #fear
October 12, 2024 at 2:18 AM