Definitions for: Tetralogy


[n] a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)



Webster (1913) Definition: Te*tral"o*gy, n. [Gr. ?; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + ?
a speech, discourse: cf. F. t['e]tralogie.] (Gr. Drama)
A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies
and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four
tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at
the Dionysiac festival.

Note: A group or series of three tragedies, exhibited
together without a fourth piese, was called a trilogy.

See Also: serial, series

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