Anabasis

[ә'næbәsis]

Definition

(n.) A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."

(n.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.

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Definition

n. a military advance into the interior of a country—specially the title of the famous story of the unfortunate expedition of Cyrus the Younger against his brother Artaxerxes and of the retreat of his 10 000 Greek allies under the conduct of Xenophon.

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