# Aegeon — The Comedy of Errors character guide

> Aegeon in The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Aegeon Duke, Duke Hapless Aegeon, Aegeon Dromio, old Aegeon, Aegeon Hopeless

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i-scene-i

## Who they are

A merchant of Syracuse, father of the twin Antipholuses, condemned to death at the start.

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