The Annual Ranglas Lecture

The talk will discuss the representation of war, conflict and honor in the Iliad, considering the relationship between rage and grief. I will also discuss some of the challenges of translating this ancient epic, and consider differences and continuities between ancient and modern attitudes to violence and war.

Guest Speaker: Emily Wilson is Department Chair and Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Bio: Wilson holds the College for Women Class of 1963 Term Professor in the Humanities. She has published monographs about tragedy, Socrates and Seneca and verse translations of Seneca, Sophocles, Euripides and Homer.

Host or Publisher Institute of Arts & Humanities