Emily Wilson’s invocation in her translation of Homer’s “Odyssey” ends: “Now goddess, child of Zeus, tell the old story for our modern times. Find the beginning.”  Musician Joe Goodkin’s recent visit to Connecticut College to perform his “Iliad”-inspired album “The Blues of Achilles,”  is, I believe, an immaculately modern manifestation of the Muses’ response.  In … Continue reading Joe Goodkin’s “Blues of Achilles:” Homeric Tradition Comes to Conn