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katabasis [kəˈtæbəsɪs]

n pl -ses [-ˌsiːz]

1. (Historical Terms) the retreat of the Greek mercenaries of Cyrus the Younger, after his death at Cunaxa, from the Euphrates to the Black Sea in 401-400 bc under the leadership of Xenophon: recounted in his Anabasis Compare anabasis

2. Literary a retreat

[from Greek: a going down, from katabainein to go down]

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