Category:Tetralogy

Te*tral"o*gy, n. Etym: [gr. Tetra-) + tétralogie.] (gr. Drama)

Defn: 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.