Journal of Biblical Literature - Society of Biblical Literature
Journal of Biblical Literature - Society of Biblical Literature
Journal of Biblical Literature - Society of Biblical Literature
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<strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Biblical</strong> <strong>Literature</strong><br />
Figure 8. Relief <strong>of</strong> Nero<br />
defeating Armenia.<br />
Courtesy <strong>of</strong> the New<br />
York University Excavations<br />
at Aphrodisias.<br />
sition, however, alludes to the specific iconography <strong>of</strong> Achilles killing Penthesilea,<br />
the queen <strong>of</strong> the amazons. 37<br />
A model developed by Bruce Lincoln helps us describe the deployment <strong>of</strong><br />
myth in these two scenes. His model contained four kinds <strong>of</strong> stories–fable, legend,<br />
history, and myth–and compared them in terms <strong>of</strong> truth claims, credibility,<br />
and authority. 38<br />
37 Ibid., 117–20, pls. 16–17.<br />
38 Lincoln, Discourse, 23–26. By “authority,” Lincoln means that the narrative is not simply<br />
considered true, but is considered to have paradigmatic status as both a model <strong>of</strong> and a model for<br />
reality.
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