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anabasis (disambiguation)
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Anabasis
Anabasis
(from Greek
ana
= "upward",
bainein
= "to step or march") is an expedition from a coastline up into the interior of a country.
Anabase
and
Anabasis
may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
Literature
Anabase
(1924), a poem by
Saint-John Perse
Anabasis
, classic text by the Greek writer
Xenophon
(431–355 BC), about the expedition of the Persian prince
Cyrus the Younger
against his brother, King
Artaxerxes II
Anabasis Alexandri
, classic text by the Greek historian
Arrian
(86 – after 146 AD), about
Alexander the Great
(336–323 BC)
Anabasis
(1930), T. S. Eliot's English translation of Perse's poem, also translated in 1970 by Roger Little
Anabasis
(1994), a novel by
Ellen Gilchrist
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