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anabasis

[ uh-nab-uh-sis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural a·nab·a·ses [uh, -, nab, -, uh, -seez].

a march from the coast into the interior, as that of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II, described by Xenophon in his historical work Anabasis (379–371 b.c.).
Literary. any military expedition or advance.

anabasis

/ əˈnæbəsɪs /

See katabasis
the march of Cyrus the Younger and his Greek mercenaries from Sardis to Cunaxa in Babylonia in 401 bc , described by Xenophon in his Anabasis Compare katabasis
any military expedition, esp one from the coast to the interior

1700–10; < Greek: a stepping up. See ana-, basis

C18: from Greek: a going up, ascent, from anabainein to go up; see anabaena

A suspicion is thrown out in some editions of the Anabasis that the language cited might refer to an eclipse of the Sun.

The narrative of the surmounting of all these obstacles with tact and temper is the main subject of the famous "Anabasis."

His “Anabasis” is a true story as delightful as a fiction; his “Cyropædia” is a fiction full of truths.

Many a single line of the Anabasis presents a picture which deeply stirs the emotions.

C8.3, with its reference to the Anabasis, certainly looks as though it might have been written after his death.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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