'Odyssey' translator Emily Wilson says Nolan shouldn't have written the movie himself

The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2700x1344+0+457/resize/2700x1344!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F97%2F40%2Fb736000f4d5e8119e2c8d53c55c4%2Fwilsonemily-ctrusteesoftheuniversityofpennsylvania.jpg' alt='Classicist and translator Emily Wilson published <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man"target="_blank" >a critical review</a> of Christopher Nolan's <em>The Odyssey</em> in the <em>London Review of Books. </em>Wilson has loved Greek myths since childhood and has translated both the <em>Iliad</em> and <em>Odyssey</em>. She has tattoos of a spear on one leg and a bow on the other — she says they represent Achilles and Odysseus.'/><p>The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's <em>The Odyssey</em> went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5910645' />