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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
- Anabasis (Xenophon), 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 (Anabasis of Alexander), classic text by the Greek historian Arrian (86 – after 146 AD), about Alexander the Great (336–323 BC)
- Anabase, a 1924 poem by Saint-John Perse
- Anabasis, a 1930 translation by T. S. Eliot of Perse's poem
- Anabasis, a 1994 novel by Ellen Gilchrist
Music
- Groups
- Anabasis, a fantasy music act on Waerloga records
- The Anabasis, an American progressive metal band featuring Ryo Okumoto
- Songs
- "Anabasis (Xenophontis)", a song from Australian band Parkway Drive's debut album Killing with a Smile
Enterprises
- Anabasis Investments, former name of Carolco Pictures
History and military
- Siberian Anabasis, a literary name for the Czechoslovak Legions' transit through Siberia during the Russian Civil War, in reference to the epic of Xenophon
Nature
- Anabasis (moth), a genus of snout moths in the family Pyralidae
- Anabasis (plant), a genus of desert shrubs in family Chenopodioideae
- Anabatic wind, a wind which blows up a steep slope or mountain side
See also
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