Anabasis
noun
- the unsuccessful military expedition (401-400 ) of Cyrus the Younger to overthrow Artaxerxes II
- a book about this by Xenophon
- pl. anabases any large military expedition
See Anabasis in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ə-năbˈə-sĭs)
noun pl. a·nab·a·ses (-sēzˌ) - An advance; an expedition.
- A large-scale military advance, specifically the Greek mercenary expedition across Asia Minor in 401 B.C. led by Cyrus the Younger of Persia, as described by Xenophon. It was unsuccessful, and the Greeks, led by Xenophon, retreated to the Black Sea.
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