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Below is British classicist Emily Wilsons list.
She is the first woman to translate HomersThe Odysseyinto English.
Picking only ten books is impossible!
So I decided I would pick ten great books that resonate in different ways withThe Odyssey.
Most, though not all, are literary responses to Homers great epic poem.
I translated the EuripidesHelenfor a collection of Greek tragedy translations,The Greek Plays.
War Music,by Christopher LogueWar Music, Logues poetic account of theIliad, has some real goose-bump moments.
The Shield of Achilles, by W.H.
