This article argues that Boethius' Consolation can be read in a folklore key as an allegorical version of the Adventure of the Hero. The text has been the object of analysis often enough, but never, ...
This article examines Boethius' use of Virgil Aeneid 2.604-606 at Cons. 1.2.6. In both passages divine guides wipe away a "cloud" obscuring the vision of the protagonists in the two works. Boethius' ...