# Epigraph explained — Marius the Epicurean

> Chapter companion for Marius the Epicurean by Walter Pater.

## What happens

The chapter opens with a Greek epigraph, a fragment from a winter dream when the nights are longest, setting a reflective and somber tone for the work.

## Key lines

> Χειμερινὸς ὄνειρος, ὅτε μήκισται αἱ νύκτες

A winter dream, when the nights are longest.

_The epigraph evokes a sense of introspection and the passage of time, hinting at the themes of mortality and the search for meaning._

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