anabasis
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He based the story on “Anabasis,” written by the Greek soldier Xenophon, who helped lead the retreat of 10,000 Greek soldiers after their failed conquest of Persia about 400 B.C.
From New York Times
Underlining Anastasis's Mediterranean influences, Perry plucks a bouzouki during the gorgeous Anabasis and Kiko, while the statuesque Gerrard beats on a yangqin – a Chinese hammered dulcimer – for live favourite Rakim.
From The Guardian
But with this less melodramatic, late-period Dance Can Dance, the finer things are encoded in the details: the West Indian steel drum and low background hum of voices on “Opium,” the haunting piano notes that drift in and out of “Anabasis,” the Middle Eastern strings of “Agape.”
From Chicago Tribune
The hunt for sanctuary saw the monks and their cargo of bones visiting many places from Cumbria to Yorkshire, with the lengthy anabasis eventually leading to the foundation of Durham Cathedral.
From The Guardian
The overall name for the world we’re building is Foreworld and it covers a historical span from The Anabasis to World War I, or something like two and a half millennia.
From Forbes
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