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Meaning of TETRALOGY

Pronunciation:  te'tralujee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
 
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 See Also: serial, series

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.
 

 

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