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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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