tetralogy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tetralogy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tetralogy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tetralogy n a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tetralogy \Tetral"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?]; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] a speech, discourse: cf. F. t[82]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.