# Fortunatus — Plays character guide

> Fortunatus in Plays by Roswitha of Gandersheim.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fortunatus

**First appearance:** 0053-callimachus

## Who they are

A servant of Callimachus who dies and is resurrected.

## In the story

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

Listed as a character in the chapter.

### [Callimachus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plays_se/chapters/callimachus)

Servant who aids Callimachus, dies from serpent's poison, is raised but remains unrepentant.

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

Fortunatus is mentioned as the steward who will guard Drusiana's tomb.

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

Agrees to help Callimachus in exchange for payment.

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

Urges Callimachus to act on his desires and is cursed by Callimachus as the serpent appears.

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

Raised from the dead but rejects grace, dies again due to envy and pride.

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