claim · claim_trojan_horse_earthquake_hypothesis
One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthqu…
One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthquakes.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: scholarly hypothesis. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
No source links are recorded for this item in the current release.
Contradicting sources
- contradicts · contradicts or challenges
The Fall of Troy and the Earthquake-Horse — P. B. S. Andrews (1965)Challenges or qualifies the claim: One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthquakes.
Other source context
- informs · proposes or supports interpretation
The Earthquake-Horse — L. A. Mackay (1946)Supports the claim: One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthquakes.
- informs · proposes or supports interpretation
Horses, Ships, and Earthquakes — Lauren Murphy (2017)Supports the claim: One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthquakes.
- informs · proposes or supports interpretation
Poseidon’s Horses: Plate Tectonics and Earthquake Storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean — Amos Nur, Eric H. Cline (2000)Supports the claim: One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthquakes.
Referenced records
- Troy · entity
- Trojan Horse · entity