Horses, Ships, and Earthquakes

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journal article

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Iris, vol. 30, 18–36

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Yes

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• claim The surviving Homeric epics crystallized centuries after the Late Bronze Age and contain material from multiple historical layers.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  informs · establishes

  Supports the claim: The surviving Homeric epics crystallized centuries after the Late Bronze Age and contain material from multiple historical layers.

• 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.

• 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.

• date assertion Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions — date assertion
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  informs · provides context · motif history
• event Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  informs · provides context · motif history

  Source relationship recorded for Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions.

• property assignment Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions — has classification — Contextual Event
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
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  This event is included to reconstruct the wider contemporary system or later memory layer without presuming direct causation.

• 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.

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

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

• entity Trojan War Tradition
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · supports entity record

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

• relationship Trojan War Tradition — participated in — Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  supports · supports relationship

  Trojan War Tradition is a participant, evidential object, or directly involved entity in Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions.

• relationship Trojan Horse — participated in — Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  supports · supports relationship

  Trojan Horse is a participant, evidential object, or directly involved entity in Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions.

• 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.

• relationship Iliad — participated in — Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
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  Iliad is a participant, evidential object, or directly involved entity in Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions.

• relationship Odyssey — participated in — Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
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  Odyssey is a participant, evidential object, or directly involved entity in Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions.