‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Doubles Down Against Nolan’s ‘Emotionally Empty’ Movie: ‘We Need Art That Is Truthful’ About the ‘Necessity of Compassion’

Emily Wilson, whose 2017 translation of Homer’s epic influenced Christopher Nolan’s film, is doubling down on her criticism. Writing in The Atlantic, she calls the blockbuster adaptation emotionally empty and argues that modern audiences…