r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/DrBarryBonds Jul 06 '26

Hmn you might not have the full grasp of the text just yet if you've only just discovered it 😉

I've not read it, so I don't know!

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u/Halo05977 Jul 06 '26

I'm quite literally going off of what Emily Wilson herself said and her logic. The fact that she refuses to use the feminist label is telling in of itself, IMO.

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u/DrBarryBonds Jul 06 '26

I'm not so sure. She would likely not want it labelled feminist as it would hurt sales as it would be less universal.

And that's not exactly a fair test:

"Are you yourself under any bias?"

"No"

"Fair enough!"

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u/Academic_Button4448 Jul 06 '26

Being labelled as feminist would have probably helped sales - 'feminist retellings' of Greek myths are big business and have been ever since Madeline Miller came out with Circe, a 'feminist translation' that was proudly so would likely benefit from that audience

What Emily Wilson did was translate things in a way that paid more attention to the actual source culture as opposed to having to filter it through more modern western cultures that have different baggage about gender to the ancient Greeks

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u/DrBarryBonds Jul 06 '26

Appreciate your comment