Anabasis - Definition and Overview

The Greek term anabasis referred to an expedition from a coastline into the interior of a country. The term katabasis referred to a trip from the interior to the coast. So anabasis means "Expedition" or "The March Up Country" and carries the same connotation in Greek as it does in English. There are two classic texts with the name:

Anabasis (Xenophon) by the Greek writer Xenophon (431–360 BC)
Anabasis Alexandri, by the Roman historian Arrian (92–175) who wrote in Greek, is about Alexander the Great

Anabasis is also a genus of desert shrubs; see Anabasis (plant)

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Example Usage of Anabasis
	zzkj: This trip is definitely turning into an Anabasis.
	iPhoon: All this talk about Xenophon in the news. I thought there was a revival of interest in reading Anabasis. http://bit.ly/24MNgH
	TeachPaperless: @AndrewBWatt Xenophon Anabasis; Thuy on Xerxes/300; Meander comedy (birth of the sit com); inscriptions fr Delphi; Sappho; Callimachus

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Anabasis - Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Anabasis