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Webster 1913 Edition
Tetralogy
Te-tral′o-gy
,Noun.
(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.
☞ A group or series of three tragedies, exhibited together without a fourth piese, was called a trilogy.
Definition 2024
tetralogy
tetralogy
English
Noun
tetralogy (plural tetralogies)
- A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- (medicine) A combination of four symptoms.
Synonyms
- (four related works): quadrilogy (nonstandard)
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