Anabasis (from Greek ''ana'' = "upward", ''bainein'' = "to step or march") is an expedition from a coastline into the interior of a country. Anabase and Anabasis may also refer to:
History
* ''
Anabasis Alexandri
The ''Anabasis of Alexander'' (, ''Alexándrou Anábasis''; ) was composed by Arrian of Nicomedia in the second century AD, most probably during the reign of Hadrian. The '' Anabasis'' (which survives complete in seven books) is a history of ...
'' (''Anabasis of Alexander''), a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great by Greek historian Arrian
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''Anabasis'' (Xenophon), a history of the expedition of Cyrus the Younger by Greek writer Xenophon
* Siberian Anabasis, a literary name for
the Czechoslovak Legions' transit through Siberia during the Russian Civil War, in reference to the epic of Xenophon
Poetry and fiction
* "", a 1924 poem by
Saint-John Perse
* "Anabasis", a 1930 translation of Saint-John Perse's poem by
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 18884 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright.Bush, Ronald. "T. S. Eliot's Life and Career", in John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes (eds), ''American National Biography''. New York: Oxford University ...
* "Anabasis", poem by Paul Celan, published 1963 in ''
Die Niemandsrose''
* ''Anabasis'', a 1994 novel by
Ellen Gilchrist
* ''Anabasis'', a novel of Hellenistic Afghanistan and India by Geoffrey Storey
Music
* ''Anabasis'', a fantasy music act on
Waerloga Records.
*
The Anabasis, an American progressive metal band featuring
Ryo Okumoto.
* "Anabasis (Xenophontis)", a song from the album ''
Killing with a Smile'' by Australian band
Parkway Drive
Parkway Drive are an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. Parkway Drive have released seven studio albums, one EP, two DVDs, a split album and one book, titled ''Ten Years of Parkway Drive''. The band's la ...
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* "Anabasis", second track on ''
Anastasis'', the eighth studio album by
Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance are a British-Australian band founded in Melbourne in 1981 by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, before relocating to London the following year. The Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance's style as "const ...
, released 2012.
Nature
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''Anabasis'' (moth), a genus of snout moths in the family Pyralidae
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''Anabasis'' (plant), a genus of desert shrubs in family Chenopodioideae
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Anabatic wind, a wind which blows up a steep slope or mountain side
See also
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Anabasii, couriers of antiquity
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Katabasis (disambiguation)
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