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Trilogy

Tril′o-gy

,
Noun.
[Gr.
τριλογία
; pref.
τρι-
(see
Tri-
) +
λόγοσ
speech, discourse: cf. F.
trilogie
.]
A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare’s “ Henry VI.” is an example.
On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a
trilogy
, and performed consecutively in the course of one day.
Coleridge.

Definition 2024

trilogy

trilogy

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trilogy ‎(plural trilogies)

  1. A set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
      That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

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Latin & New Latin trilogia, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς ‎(treîs, “three”) + λόγος ‎(lógos, “story, account”).

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