About The Word Tetralogy
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Tetralogy
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What's The Definition Of Tetralogy?
[n] a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tetralogy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Tetralogy: Tetralogy In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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