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Dromio
The brothers Dromio. Two brothers exactly alike, who serve two
brothers exactly alike, and the mistakes of masters and men form the
fun of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, based on the Menæchmi
of Plautus.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Dromio from Infoplease:
- Dromio - Dromio The brothers Dromio. Two brothers exactly alike, who serve two brothers exactly alike, and ...
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- William Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors, Dramatis Personae - twin brothers, and sons to Aegeon and Aemilia.
- William Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors, Act IV, Scene III - There's not a man I meet but doth salute me As if I were their well-acquainted friend; And every one doth call me by my name. Some tender money to me;
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