Game of Thrones - A View from the Humanities Vol. 2

Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Seville, Spain. Both his PhD thesis and most of his research has been devoted to the socioeconomic and cultural study of piracy during the late Roman Republic and the early Empire. He is editor of The Present of Antiquity. Reception, Recovery, Reinvention of the Ancient World in Current Popular Culture (2019).Fernando Lozano is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Seville, Spain. His research focuses on the study of Roman religion during the Empire and, specifically, on the imperial cult, as well as Reception studies. He has authored and edited several monographs on these topics.Rosario Moreno Soldevila is Professor of Latin Philology at the Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain. Her main lines of research include the Epigrams of Martial, the oeuvre of Pliny the Younger and amatory motifs in classical and late Latin literature. She hasauthored or co-authored 10 monographs, including   A Prosopography to Martial’s Epigrams (2019).Cristina Rosillo-López is Professor of Ancient History at the Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain. Her lines of research include the political history and political culture of the late Roman Republic. She has authored and edited several monographs, including   Political Conversations in Late Republican Rome (2022).

• 1 Heroes, Villains, War and Violence in Game of Thrones.- Part I “The Things I do for Love”: Heroes, Villains and None of the Above.- 2 Scheming in the Shadow of Tyrants: The ‘Littlefinger’ Type in Roman Historiography.- 3 Parallel Lives: Connections Between the Lannisters and Historical Dynasties.- 4 The Tragedy of Eddard Stark: Greek Tragedy in A Song of Ice andFire.- 5 “Was it a God, a Demon, a Sorcerous Trick?”. Magic, Performative Rituals, and Moral Standards in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones.- Part II “Some Allies are More Dangerous than Enemies”: Warfare and Violence.- 6 Juggling “a Hundred Balls in the Air”: Reflections of the Year of the Four Emperors in the War of the Five Kings.- 7 The Punic Wars in the World of A Song of Ice and Fire.- 8 The “Battle of the Bastards”: A Tactical Iconic Narrative.- 9 Some Heads Are Gonna Roll: Punishments and Executions in G. R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and in HBO’s TV Series.- 10 From Greek Tragic Drama to Fantastic Terror: Tragic Echoes in A Storm of Swords’ Red Wedding.