classicist
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Days after a classicist who translated Homer’s “The Odyssey” in 2017 eviscerated the Christopher Nolan film based on the poem, Joyce Carol Oates has entered the debate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
A 2017 translation by British-American classicist Emily Wilson of the millennia-old mythological tale has been flying off the shelves at a similarly increased rate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Nadira Goffe interviewed a classicist about the significance of casting Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and argues that the controversy over her appearance misses the point.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
TikTok is full of videos of readers holding up their copies of the translation by University of Pennsylvania classicist Emily Wilson, which Nolan has referenced as a source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Of “truths” like geocentrism, the four elements of the material universe, or the body’s four “humors,” one classicist has asked Why prove them?
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
