Anabasis

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ancient Greek historical narrative military history work prose work

Anabasis is an ancient Greek historical narrative by Xenophon recounting the journey and struggles of the Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries as they marched through Persia to return home.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Anabasis canonical	17
Xenophon’s Anabasis	4
Anabasis by Xenophon	2
Xenophon's Anabasis	2
Anabasis of Xenophon	1
Anabasis of the Ten Thousand	1
Xenophon’s Ten Thousand	1
expedition of the Ten Thousand	1
march of the Ten Thousand	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek historical narrative ⓘ military history work ⓘ prose work ⓘ
author	Xenophon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Classical Greece ⓘ
describes	Greek hoplite tactics ⓘ Persian imperial administration ⓘ logistics of long-distance marches ⓘ
describesEvent	Anabasis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: march of the Ten Thousand retreat of Greek mercenaries from Persia ⓘ
genre	historical narrative ⓘ military history ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ
hasTheme	cultural encounter ⓘ leadership ⓘ loyalty ⓘ mercenary warfare ⓘ survival ⓘ
historicalFigureDepicted	Artaxerxes II ⓘ Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ Cyrus the Younger ⓘ Tissaphernes ⓘ
influenced	Roman military writers ⓘ early modern military theory ⓘ later military memoirs ⓘ
languageFamily	Hellenic languages ⓘ
literaryForm	autobiographical history ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Classical Greek literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Xenophon ⓘ
mainGroup	Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Greek mercenaries in Persia ⓘ the Ten Thousand ⓘ
narrativePerson	first person ⓘ
notableEpisode	Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ cry of “Thalatta! Thalatta!” ⓘ march through Armenian highlands ⓘ
originalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOf	corpus of Xenophon’s works ⓘ
settingPeriod	late 5th century BC ⓘ
settingPlace	Anatolia ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
structure	seven books ⓘ
titleLanguage	Greek ⓘ
titleMeaning	“expedition up-country” ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	ancient historians of Persia ⓘ modern historians of Greek warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xenophon → notableWork → Anabasis ⓘ

Xenophon → participatedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: expedition of the Ten Thousand

Anabasis → describesEvent → Anabasis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: march of the Ten Thousand

On Horsemanship → relatedWork → Anabasis ⓘ

army of Cyrus the Younger → chronicledIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Scillus → mentionedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Xenophon's Hellenica → relatedWork → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xenophon's Anabasis

Celaenae → mentionedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Cotyora → describedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Cotyora → associatedWork → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anabasis by Xenophon

sanctuary of Artemis → mentionedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanctuary of Artemis at Scillus

Battle of Cunaxa → describedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Battle of Cunaxa → relatedWork → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anabasis by Xenophon

Menon of Thessaly → mentionedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

retreat of the Ten Thousand → alsoKnownAs → Anabasis ⓘ

subject surface form: Retreat of the Ten Thousand

this entity surface form: Anabasis of the Ten Thousand

retreat of the Ten Thousand → chronicledIn → Anabasis ⓘ

subject surface form: Retreat of the Ten Thousand

retreat of the Ten Thousand → accountTitle → Anabasis ⓘ

subject surface form: Retreat of the Ten Thousand

this entity surface form: Anabasis of Xenophon

Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander → modeledOn → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xenophon’s Anabasis

the Ten Thousand → hasAlternativeName → Anabasis ⓘ

subject surface form: Ten Thousand

this entity surface form: Xenophon’s Ten Thousand

the Ten Thousand → documentedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

subject surface form: Ten Thousand

Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries → documentedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Cyrus the Younger → describedBySource → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xenophon’s Anabasis

Clearchus of Sparta → sourceMention → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xenophon’s Anabasis

Tissaphernes → describedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xenophon’s Anabasis

Classical Greek literature → majorWork → Anabasis ⓘ

Cyrus the Younger’s revolt → notableWorkAbout → Anabasis ⓘ

Ariaeus → mentionedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Xenias of Parrhasia → mentionedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Proxenus of Boeotia → mentionedIn → Anabasis ⓘ

Proxenus of Boeotia → primarySource → Anabasis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xenophon's Anabasis