E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Menech’mians.
Persons exactly like each other, as the brothers Dromio. So called from the Menœchmi of Plautus.
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In the Comedy of Errors, not only the two Dromios are exactly like each others, but also Antiphlus of Ephesus is the facsimile of his brother. Antipholus of Syracuse.
In the Comedy of Errors, not only the two Dromios are exactly like each others, but also Antiph
lus of Ephesus is the facsimile of his brother. Antipholus of Syracuse.
