# Dulcitius — Plays character guide

> Dulcitius in Plays by Roswitha of Gandersheim.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Dulcitius, The Governor Dulcitius, Governor Dulcitius

**First appearance:** 0035-dulcitius

## Who they are

A Roman governor who woos three Christian virgins with flattery, then torture, and ends up caressing cookware in the dark.

## In the story

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

Governor of Thessalonica

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

Governor; lusts after the sisters, is divinely deluded into kissing kitchen pots, and becomes blackened with soot.

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

The governor to whom the sisters are sent for further examination.

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

The governor who becomes infatuated with the prisoners and schemes to win their affection through flattery or force.

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

The governor, intent on assaulting the imprisoned Christian women.

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

Mistakes kitchen utensils for the women and becomes covered in soot.

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

Befouled and mistaken for a devil by his soldiers; plans to complain at the palace.

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

Dulcitius appears in filthy rags, is beaten by ushers, and seeks his wife in confusion.

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

Realizes he has been made a fool of by the Christian women and vows to punish them.

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

The governor who ordered the stripping of the holy women but has fallen into an unrousable sleep.

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

Governor Dulcitius is mentioned as having been insulted and hoaxed by the girls.

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