# Neptune — The City of God character guide

> Neptune in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Roman god of the sea, often invoked in discussions of pagan mythology.

## In the story

### [Whether the gods, whom the Greeks and Romans worshipped in common, were justified in permitting the destruction of Ilium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-ii)

God who, according to myth, helped build Troy's walls and was cheated by Laomedon.

### [Concerning the many gods whom the pagan doctors defend as being one and the same Jove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xi)

Mentioned as Jupiter in the sea

### [Concerning Neptune, and Salacia, and Venilia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxii)

Pagan god of the sea, criticized as a demonic invention.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxiii)

Referenced as a god made by the soul of the world permeating the sea, and as brother of Jupiter and Orcus.

### [The Founding of Athens and Varro's Account of Its Name](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-ix)

God who lost the contest and retaliated by flooding Athenian lands.

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