ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Menaechmi

Menaechmi is a story about two twin brothers who look exactly the same. They are so identical that sometimes even their own mother can not tell them apart.

One day, one of the brothers named Menaechmus got lost and ended up in a foreign city while searching for a lost object. The local people in that city thought he was their own Menaechmus and welcomed him home. However, this caused a lot of confusion because the twin brothers looked exactly the same.

As the story goes, the twin brothers' lives get mixed up, and a lot of funny situations happen because people are mistaking one brother for the other. They might think they are talking to one brother, but it's actually the other one.

The comedy in Menaechmi comes from all the misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and confusion caused by the twin brothers' identical looks. It teaches us that it's essential to look beyond appearances and try to understand who a person is on the inside.