Dr. Emily Rose Caroline Wilson is a classicist, author, and translator. Currently, she is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is known for her 2018 English translation of Homer's Odyssey and her 2023 translation of the Iliad.In addition to her translations, Wilson has published several nonfiction books on key figures in Classical history. Her first, "Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton," was published in 2004.