# Chionia — Plays character guide

> Chionia in Plays by Roswitha of Gandersheim.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Chionia

**First appearance:** 0035-dulcitius

## Who they are

A Christian sister whose calm defiance under interrogation exposes the hollowness of Roman authority and steadies her younger siblings for what comes.

## In the story

### [Characters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/characters)

One of the three sisters

### [Dulcitius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/dulcitius)

Second sister; supports Agape's defiance, witnesses Dulcitius' absurd behavior, and is martyred alongside Agape.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/scene-i)

The middle sister who supports Agape's defiance.

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/scene-ii)

Another imprisoned Christian woman admired by Dulcitius.

### [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/scene-iv)

Expresses hope for divine protection and finds Dulcitius's actions absurd.

### [Scene X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/scene-x)

One of the sisters to be brought forward for torture.

### [Scene XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/scene-xi)

Stands with Agape, scornful of the emperor's decree.

### [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/scene-iv)

One of Sapientia's daughters, here called Hope, who asks for her mother's prayers and promises courage before the tribunal.

### [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/scene-v)

Not present in this scene.

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