Commentary Purg XXIX 22-30

The protagonist hears a melody (we will be allowed to know its lyric component at [Purg XXIX 51]) so beautiful that righteous indignation causes him to condemn Eve for depriving him of immortal life in this beautiful garden.

      The veil that she would not accept is variously glossed, from the first commentators onward, either as being negative (ignorance) or positive (obedience), and some (e.g., Grabher [DDP Grabher.Purg.XXIX.19-30]) have believed that it has both valences.