god
Neptune
also: Нептун
The Roman god of the sea, invoked here as a stock hyperbole for overwhelming, godlike power -- Kozulin's exaggerated memory of how terrifying his superior once seemed to him in his lowly years.
Reading notes
- The Triumph of the Victor §11 Neptune
The Roman god of the sea, invoked here as a stock comparison for overwhelming, godlike power -- Kozulin's hyperbolic memory of how terrifying his superior Kuritsyn once seemed to him.