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tetralogy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tetralogy  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tetralogy 
  n  :  a  series  of  four  related  works  (plays  or  operas  or  novels) 




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