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anabasis
[ uh-nab-uh-sis ]
noun
- 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.
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Origin of anabasis1
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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.
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