tetralogy

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It follows HBO’s lauded and ongoing “My Brilliant Friend,” based on Ferrante’s “Neapolitan” tetralogy, and three books turned into theatrical features, including last year’s “The Lost Daughter,” directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023

This one was a tetralogy: The Filipino champion and his Mexican rival met four times over eight years.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022

The tetralogy is much admired in England but virtually unknown in America.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

His magnum opus, the Aegypt tetralogy, took more than two decades to complete, and his readers, a patient and faithful bunch, have become grudgingly accustomed to the long intervals between books.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2019

From him the practice descended to the Greek dramatic poets, his offspring, who, in the composition of their tetralogy, or set of four pieces, were wont to make the last a satiric tragedy.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George