page_title: Dulcitius (play)
section_title: Characters
hierarchical_section_title: Dulcitius (play) / Characters
caption_attribution_description: English: Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (ca.245-313), Roman Emperor Diocletian. Marble bust, XVIIth century, Florence, Italy. On display at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, France. Français&#160;: L'empereur Dioclétien (ca.245-313). Buste de marbre sculpté au XVIIe siècle à Florence, en Italie, exposé dans le château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, en France.
context_page_description: Dulcitius is a Latin comedy written by Hrosvitha of Gandersheim, a member of the female Abbey of Gandersheim in Lower Saxony. Written between 935–973, Dulcitius is widely believed to be her most comic work. The play treats the figure of Dulcitius, governor of Thessalonica, as a subject for a comedy in the style of Terence. Although the play is dark, with a plot that depicts the imprisonment and martyrdom of the three sisters, Agape, Chionia, and Irena, nevertheless its content is presumably deemed less grave because of the reward awaiting the Christian sufferers.
context_section_description: The characters in the play, in order of appearance:
  Emperor Diocletian
  Agape
  Chionia
  Irena
  Dulcitius
  Soldiers
  Ushers of the palace
  Wife of Dulcitius
  Ladies-in-waiting of Dulcitius' wife
  Sisinnius
caption: A bust of Diocletian
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