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Find out more about how we use cookies and your options to change your acceptance of cookies. Unfortunately, payments are no longer supported by Mastercard in your web browser Mozilla 0. Many years earlier, the Syracusan merchant Egeon had twin sons, both named Antipholus. At their birth, he bought another pair of newborn twins, both named Dromio, as their servants.

In a shipwreck, Egeon lost his wife, one of his sons, and one of the Dromios. Egeon's remaining son, Antipholus of Syracuse, and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, come to Ephesus, where—unknown to them—their lost twins now live. The visitors are confused, angered, or intrigued when local residents seem to know them.

Similarly, Antipholus and Dromio of Ephesus run into puzzling reactions from the people they know—who have been dealing, unwittingly, with the Syracusans. Antipholus of Ephesus's wife bars him from his house; he is jailed after a jeweler claims he owes money on a gold chain he never received. When the four twins come together, all is finally resolved.

In one last twist, their parents reunite as well. The Comedy of Errors was first published in the First Folio and that text serves as the source for all subsequent editions of the play. Some of these images show actors in character, while others show the plays as if they were real-life events—telling the difference isn't always easy. Duke Solinus, ruler of Ephesus, presides over the trial of Egeon of Syracuse.

Syracusians are not allowed in Ephesus, so Egeon has been detained. When asked why he is now in Ephesus, Egeon explains how he is searching for his lost twin sons and their twin servants.

Twenty three years before, Egeon had lost his wife and one of their identical twin sons along with the boy's slave in a storm at sea. Egeon had brought up the surviving boy and his slave. At eighteen, they had gone in search of their lost brothers. After no word from them, Egeon had also left home to seek news in Ephesus.

Solinus is softened by the story and allows Egeon until sunset to try to raise 1, marks as a ransom or else he must die. I to the world am like a drop of water that in the ocean seeks another drop.

Meanwhile, in a nearby marketplace, a merchant has befriended two tourists: Antipholus of Syracuse Egeon's son and his servant companion, Dromio.

Learning of the ban on Syracusians, they put on local dress before going to explore the town. Unknown to them, their twin brothers with identical names have been living there after being saved from the storm by fishermen.

Antipholus of Syracuse is very surprised to be accosted by Dromio of Ephesus. Dromio is angry that his master has not returned home to his wife, Adriana, for dinner. The likeness of the Dromio twins, and also the sons of Egeon, leads to a series of confusions.