Join us for a discussion of Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's Iliad. This program has a hybrid format. Participate either in person or on Zoom.

Reserve the print book.
Reserve the eBook on OverDrive.
Request the print book through interlibrary loan when all Pratt copies are checked out.

To receive help obtaining the book or to learn about passages we may discuss, please email fic@prattlibrary.org.

"The Iliad roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world ― the fierce beauty of nature and the gods’ grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson’s hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem’s deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even 'complicated,' characters ― both human and divine.

"The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity’s most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson’s Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation."

― publisher description

Free parking vouchers will be available to program attendees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin Street) while supplies last. Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or after the program.