Anabasis
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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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| expedition of the Ten Thousand | 1 |
| march of the Ten Thousand | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek historical narrative
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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
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surface form:
march of the Ten Thousand
retreat of Greek mercenaries from Persia ⓘ |
| genre |
historical narrative
ⓘ
military history ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural encounter
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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 (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
march of the Ten Thousand
this entity surface form:
expedition of the Ten Thousand