Anabasis

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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