Jan 4, 2010

The Comedy of Errors | The Comedy of Errors

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Author: William Shakespeare
First Published: 1623
Type of Work: Drama
Type of Plot: Farce
Time of Work: First century b.c.e.
Genres: Drama, Farce, Comedy
Subjects: Mistaken or secret identity, Servants, Greek or Roman times, Twins or multiple-birth siblings, Greece or Greek people
Locales: Greece, ancient

Places Discussed

*Ephesus (EF-ah-sas). Ancient Greek port city in Asia Minor that was later the capital of Roman Asia; it is now an archaeological site near Smyrna in Turkey. Elizabethans were familiar with Ephesus from the New Testament, and as an ancient seaport and location of the temple of Artemis (Diana to the Romans), which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The commercial pagan center for the cult of Diana became a place of Christian conversion in the first century.

While St. Paul was living in Ephesus, he wrote his Epistle to the Ephesians, which makes...

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The Comedy of Errors | The Comedy of Errors

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