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Tetralogy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tetralogy : (noun)
1: a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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