Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean

This critical edition provides notes and commentary on Walter Pater's classic novel Marius the Epicurean. Set in ancient Rome during the reigns of Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius, Marius the Epicurean tells the story of a young man's spiritual journey from Stoicism to Epicureanism. With its lush prose and sympathetic portrayal of pagan philosophy, Marius the Epicurean has been acclaimed as a seminal work of aestheticism and decadence.

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