anabasis

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Strong as is the contrast between Herodotus and Thucydides, their works have yet a character which distinguish both alike from the historical work of Xenophon in the Anabasis and the Hellenica.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Next in value to the Anabasis comes Plutarch’s Life of Alexander, the merits of which, however, are not to be gauged by the influence which it has exercised upon literature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Two months later, Theodora was reading the Anabasis, while Hubert was still toiling over the intricacies of the irregular verb.

From Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen by George, Vesper L.

His historical writings are the Anabasis, an account of the expedition of the Ten Thousand, the Hellenica and the Agesilaus, a eulogy of the Spartan king.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The story of Rufino’s expedition to the Moro country in the summer of 1901 reads like a chapter from Anabasis.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)