anabasis
Americannoun
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anabases
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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.).
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Literary. any military expedition or advance.
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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
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any military expedition, esp one from the coast to the interior
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I begin to believe her story, and even to understand how she has carried through this amazing anabasis.
From True Tilda by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The vast anabasis to Moscow had emanated from a people not conspicuously careful of public morality.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
Perish by the sword; the Czechoslovakian anabasis and our supporting campaigns in North Russia and Siberia, 1918-1920. © 4Dec39; A135711.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
They mix in everywhere, riding on clouds, clinging to robes, perching on the shoulders of Apostles— everywhere thick in the flight and helping on that glorious anabasis.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Elbert Hubbard
T. Well, Xenophon's Anabasis; now what is the meaning of the word anabasis?
From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by John Henry Newman
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