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Amphiteatrov (nickname)
Amphiteatrov
also: Амфитеатров
A mock-grandiose nickname jokingly bestowed on the schoolboy Vanya by the hunters as they press him to keep drinking; not a real character, a jest turning him into a mock-Roman figure.
Reading notes
- St. Peter's Day §132 Amphiteatrov
A mock-grandiose nickname (evoking the Roman amphitheater, and coincidentally the surname of the real journalist Alexander Amphiteatrov) jokingly bestowed on the schoolboy Vanya as the hunters press him to keep drinking.