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Tetralogy

Te-tral′o-gy

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK];
τέτρα-
(see
Tetra-
) + [GREEK] a speech, discourse: cf. F.
tétralogie
.]
(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.