anabasis
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | Date: 1996
anabasis military advance (spec. that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia, related by Xenophon). XVIII. — Gr.
anábasis ascent, f.
anabaínein walk up; see
ANA-,
BASIS.
© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996.
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
|
Xenophon's Philosophic Odyssey: On the Anabasis and Plato's Republic.
American Political Science Review; 12/1/2000; HOWLAND, JACOB; 787 words
; Xenophon's Anabasis, a military adventure interwoven with ... companion piece to Plato's Republic. The Anabasis takes up in deed the two great political ... Xenophon's self-presentation in the Anabasis, which makes clear his debt to Socrates ...
Read more
|
|
Anabasis asks court to nix involuntary Chap. 7 action.
Daily News Record; 8/5/1986; 205 words
; Anabasis Asks Court to Nix Involuntary Chap. 7 Action NEW YORK (FNS) -- Anabasis Ltd., a non-operating converter, has asked the bankruptcy ... to a bona fide dispute. Jeffrey S. Kaplan, attorney for Anabasis, said the firm had not paid for shipments in the summer ...
Read more
|
|
The anabasis of Cyrus.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2008; 94 words
; 9780801489990 The anabasis of Cyrus. Xenophon. Ed. and trans. by Wayne Ambler. Cornell U. Press 2008 281 pages $16.95 Paperback ... the policies, rhetoric, and other aspects in his substantial introduction. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)
Read more
|
|
Anabasis seeks dismissal of Ch. 7 plea, files counterclaim.
WWD; 8/6/1986; 207 words
; Anabasis seeks dismissal of Ch. 7 plea, files counterclaim NEW YORK (FNS) -- Anabasis, Ltd., a nonoperating converter, has asked the bankruptcy ... to a bona fide dispute. Jeffrey S. Kaplan, attorney for Anabasis, said the firm had not paid for shipments in the summer ...
Read more
|
|
Anabasis
Iowa Review; 12/1/2005; Bahr, Jeffery; 99 words
; I have straightened the watercolor of the boys in white blouses, backs against the small gray boat. I have baked bread, and left it unbroken. Sweated into a sleeveless shirt, washed it and watched water funnel all that salt somewhere. How strange this desire to brush dust off the trifle bowl. Now,
Read more
|
