Erica Siaulnski, Staff Writer Jorge Rivera-Herrans began working on a musical as a senior in college for his senior thesis in 2019. No one could have expected what followed. The musical was ...
“The Iliad” begins with the word “mēnin,” or the wrath of gods, which Emily Wilson renders in her new translation as “cataclysmic wrath.” This wrath kindled the Trojan War, caused innumerable deaths, ...
"The Iliad" is one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought. It’s an old story that continues to resonate in our time and has been given new life in a translation by distinguished ...