Fantasy

The Iliad is a well known ancient Greek story attributed to Homer that recounts personal conflicts and military battles involving Achilles, Prince Hector, the armies of the Trojans and Greeks, as well as other mortals and gods over several months towards the end of the Trojan War. The work covers…

In reading The Odyssey, there were some notable lines that while not necessarily indicative of broader themes, nonetheless were strikingly reminiscent of either characters or concepts in Game of Thrones.

The world state of both The Odyssey & Game of Thrones is heavily influenced by an epic recent war involving the sacking of a major city. These wars loom large over the setting and have determined where characters currently are geographically and mentally as each story begins, and created the conditions for the challenges the characters encounter as the stories evolve.