The Odyssey: A Complicated Man
Illustrations for Süddeutsche Zeitung on Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey.
- Client
- Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Role
- Illustration
- Category
- Editorial
For Felix Stephan’s essay on Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey, I illustrated Odysseus through the women who shape his journey. The commission for Süddeutsche Zeitung included an opening image and three vignettes, with art direction by Lina Moreno.
Early concepts
Athena decides when the storm lifts. Ino gives him the veil that keeps him afloat. Circe turns his men into pigs and then shelters him for a year. Calypso loves him too much to let him go. Penelope buys time by unravelling her weaving night after night. And when a salt-crusted stranger drags himself out of the sea, it is Nausicaa, a girl washing clothes on the shore, who holds her ground while everyone else runs.
Two forces in the same body: the king who commands and the survivor who charms his way out.
Image index
Credits
- Text
- Felix Stephan
- Art direction
- Lina Moreno
