Bronze Age World

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Type: journal_article
Publication: Iris: Journal of the Classical Association of Victoria, vol. 30, 17-34
Peer reviewed: No

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relationship Research record — proposed memory of
Evidence confidence: low
contradicts · documents competing siege engine ship folktale and literary interpretations
supports · reviews and partially supports
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: low
contradicts · documents competing siege engine ship folktale and literary interpretations
supports · reviews and partially supports
myth interpretation Earthquake symbolism
Disputed interpretationConfidence in this assessment: lowConfidence in the stated assessment
contradicts · documents competing siege engine ship folktale and literary interpretations
supports · reviews and partially supports
claim The Trojan Horse may preserve a symbolic memory of earthquake destruction at Troy.
Disputed interpretationConfidence in this assessment: lowConfidence in the stated assessment
contradicts · provides competing interpretations and nonconclusive assessment
supports · partially supports and reviews
entity Trojan Horse
informs · provides motif history and competing interpretations
entity Troy VIh
informs · reviews archaeological and mythic interpretations
property Possible natural-disaster memory
informs · reviews competing interpretations
property assignment Trojan Horse — symbolically interpreted as — Possible natural-disaster memory
Disputed interpretationConfidence in this assessment: lowConfidence in the stated assessment
informs · reviews support and competing interpretations
date assertion Destruction of Troy VIh — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · summarizes archaeological interpretation · discussion of earthquake hypothesis
event Destruction of Troy VIh
Evidence confidence: high
informs · summarizes archaeological interpretation · discussion of earthquake hypothesis
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · summarizes archaeological interpretation · discussion of earthquake hypothesis
myth interpretation Traditional heroic-age setting versus later composition
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides pre Homeric Horse tradition context
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides pre Homeric Horse tradition context