The prosimetrum of the Consolation of Philosophy allotsa special position to the Orpheus poem. Lady Philosophy,who recites the poem in her dialogue with the prisoner,draws in her retelling of Orpheus ...underground descent onancient Roman poets, at the same time taking up Platosfamous parable of the cave. Orpheus glance back at Eurydice,Virgils major poetic innovation in the Orpheus myth,becomes a testimony to the fatal human attachment to thesensible world, and Orpheus tale an example ex negativofor those attempting to rise above the world. The prisoner,however, foils Philosophys plan, continually sidetrackingher into digressions and finally altogether disappearingfrom the dialogue. Most recently, his silence has been interpretedas a sign of Boethius Christian stance. And it mightwell be patterned on Orpheus backward glance: while theprisoner does not reject Philosophy and her urge to moveon up, he looks back as well. But at what?
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