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Guest:\xa0Emily Wilson\xa0is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome in Renaissance and early modern scholarship, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. In addition to Homer\u2019s\xa0Iliad\xa0and\xa0Odyssey, she has also published translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca.\nEpic Verses Pack $320\nContains:\nThe Iliad (new translation by Emily Wilson) and\nThe Rub\xe1iy\xe1t of Omar Khayyam: A New Translation from the Persian by Juan Cole.\n\n\n\u2013 The Iliad (new translation by Emily Wilson)\nThe Iliad is an epic poem that recounts the ten-year Trojan War and explores themes of pride, honor, and the human condition. Wilson\u2019s Iliad gives us a complete Homer for our generation and the first ever English translation by a woman.\n\u2013 The Rub\xe1iy\xe1t of Omar Khayyam: A New Translation from the Persian by Juan Cole\xa0\n\nThe Rubaiyat is a manuscript of Persian verses attributed to Omar Khayyam, a 12th-century Persian mathematician and philosopher. The book contains pithy observations on complex subjects such as love, death, and the existence of God and an afterlife.\n\n\nThe post KPFA Special \u2013 The Odyssey and The Iliad, Why these Epic Verses Still Matter Today appeared first on KPFA.