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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
  3. 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.
  4. A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies andone satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies),represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiacfestival.
  5. n. a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)