A hexalogy (from
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
ἑξα- ''
hexa-
Numeral or number prefixes are prefixes derived from numerals or occasionally other numbers. In English and many other languages, they are used to coin numerous series of words. For example:
* unicycle, bicycle, tricycle (1-cycle, 2-cycle, 3-cyc ...
'', "six" and -λογία ''-logia'', "discourse") is a compound literary or narrative work that is made up of six distinct works. The word apparently first appeared in English as a borrowing from German, in discussions of
August Bungert's Wagnerian opera cycle entitled ''Homerische Welt'' based on the
Iliad
The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odysse ...
and the
Odyssey
The ''Odyssey'' (; grc, Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia, ) is one of two major Ancient Greek literature, ancient Greek Epic poetry, epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by moder ...
.
[William Foster Apthorp. ''The opera, past and present: an historical sketch.'' Scribner, 1901. Page 204.]
Arthur Elson. ''Modern Composers of Europe.'' L.C. Page and Company, 1904. Page 76. (He planned two
tetralogies, but the third and fourth operas of the eight were never written.) Both ''pentalogie'' and ''hexalogie'' were used by
Théophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rem ...
in 1859.
[Théophile Gautier. ''Histoire de l'art dramatique en France depuis vingt-cinq ans, Volume 5.'' Magnin, Blanchard et compagnie, 1859. Page 220.] In 1923 the word was applied by an American reviewer to
Johannes V. Jensen
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (20 January 1873 – 25 November 1950) was a Danish author, known as one of the great Danish writers of the first half of 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944 "for the rare strength and fert ...
's ''
The Long Journey
''The Long Journey'' ( da, Den Lange Rejse) is a series of six novels by Danish author and poet Johannes V. Jensen, appearing between 1908 and 1922. The books deal with the author's theories on evolution, backdropped against a description of hum ...
''.
[''The Bookman: a review of books and life.'' Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923. Volume 57, page 209.]
Examples
Examples of works that have been described as hexalogies are as follows:
Video games
Mega Man
''Mega Man'', known as in Japan, is a Japanese science fiction video game franchise created by Capcom, starring a series of robot characters each known by the moniker "Mega Man (character), Mega Man". Mega Man (video game), The original game w ...
1987-1994
NES
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the commonly known as the The NES, a redesigned version, was released in American ...
See also
*
List of feature film series with six entries
This is a list of film series that have six entries.
A
* ''Aces Go Places'' (a.k.a. ''Mad Mission'')
*#''Aces Go Places'' (1982)
*#''Aces Go Places 2'' (1983)
*#''Aces Go Places 3'' (1984)
*#''Aces Go Places 4'' (1986)
*#''Aces Go Places 5'' ...
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