What might the Trojan Horse remember?

1 · Tradition

What the Horse story says

The stratagem by which later Greek tradition says warriors entered and captured Troy.

Inspect the tradition record

2 · Archaeological observation

Destruction of Troy VIh

Extensive structural destruction affected the Troy VIh phase.

Preferred archaeological interpretation: Earthquake destruction.

3 · Modern symbolic proposal

Earthquake symbolism

The hypothesis combines a likely earthquake destruction at Troy VIh with Greek symbolic associations. It remains weak because the transmission route is not demonstrated, the surviving Horse tradition is much later, and competing explanations remain viable.

Caveat: The premises are plausible, but the interpretive bridge lacks direct evidence.

Proposed transmission: multi-century oral tradition or later reinterpretation of ruins