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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] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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30) that should be examined next, not in relation with Diamond's Dream, but with the three-chapter sequence devoted to Diamond's Hyperborean journey or, to give that near-death experience the name used by the Ancients, his Katabasis (interestingly, the term appears in Robert Falconer [213]). |
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