Iphigenia in Westeros: Greek Tragedy Meets Game of Thrones

February 5, 2016

When HBO Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 9, ‘Dance of Dragons’, first aired, in June 2015, viewers with an interest in Greek myth recognised the harrowing scene of the death of Shireen Baratheon as a re-telling of the story of Greek princess Iphigenia. In texts featuring the stories surrounding the Trojan War, and most …