The Earthquake-Horse

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journal article

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Classical Philology, vol. 41, no. 3, 150–154

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• claim One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthqu…
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  informs · proposes or supports interpretation

  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.

• myth interpretation Trojan Horse as Earthquake Symbolism
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  informs · proposes or supports interpretation

  One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism.

• property assignment Trojan Horse — symbolically interpreted as — Possible Natural-Disaster Memory
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  supports · supports assignment

  One interpretation connects the horse motif with earthquake symbolism and an earthquake-related destruction at Troy.

• property assignment Trojan Horse — has research status — Low-Confidence Interpretation
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · supports assignment

  The earthquake interpretation has major evidential and transmission gaps and competes with other explanations.

• property assignment Trojan Horse — is a — Mythological Motif
  Evidence confidence: ◈ very high
  supports · supports assignment

  The Wooden Horse is an individual narrative motif within the Trojan War tradition.

• entity Trojan Horse
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · supports entity record

  Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Trojan Horse.

• causal hypothesis Eastern Mediterranean Earthquake-Storm Collapse
  supports · supports model component

  Supports one or more evidential components of Eastern Mediterranean Earthquake-Storm Collapse.

• property Possible Natural-Disaster Memory
  supports · supports property definition

  Supports the definition or scholarly use of the property Possible Natural-Disaster Memory.

• relationship Trojan Horse — motif of — Trojan War Tradition
  Evidence confidence: ◈ very high
  supports · supports relationship

  The Wooden Horse is a motif within the later Trojan War narrative complex.

• relationship Trojan Horse — proposed memory of — Destruction of Troy VIh
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  supports · supports relationship

  One interpretation connects the horse motif with a seismically damaged Troy VI phase.