Anabasis (Ancient Greek: ἀνάβασις, anábasis, “a going up” or “ascent”) broadly means an ascent or advance. In classical Greek military usage, it especially referred to a march or expedition inland from a coast. Anabase and Anabasis may also refer to:

History

  • Anabasis Alexandri (Anabasis of Alexander), a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great by Greek historian Arrian
  • 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
  • "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.
  • "Anabasis", second track on Anastasis, the eighth studio album by Dead Can Dance, released 2012.

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

  • Anabasii, couriers of antiquity
  • Katabasis (disambiguation)