Anabasis (from Greek ana = "upward", bainein = "to step or march") is an expedition from a coastline into the interior of a country. Anabase and Anabasis may also refer to: History Anabasis Alexandri (Anabasis of Alexander), a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great by Greek historian Arrian Anabasis (Xenophon), a history of the expedition of Cyrus the Younger by Greek writer Xenophon Siberian Anabasis, a literary name for the Czechoslovak Legions' transit through Siberia during the Russian Civil War, in reference to the epic of Xenophon Poetry and fiction , a 1924 poem by Saint-John Perse Anabasis, a 1930 translation of Saint-John Perse's poem by T. S. Eliot Anabasis, poem by Paul Celan, published 1963 in "Die Niemandsrose" Anabasis, a 1994 novel by Ellen Gilchrist Anabasis, a novel of Hellenistic Afghanistan and India by Geoffrey Storey. A work of historical fiction set in Bactria Music Anabasis, a fantasy music act on Waerloga Records The Anabasis, an American progressive metal band featuring Ryo Okumoto "Anabasis (Xenophontis)", a song from the album Killing with a Smile by Australian band Parkway Drive Nature Anabasis (moth), a genus of snout moths in the family Pyralidae Anabasis (plant), a genus of desert shrubs in family Chenopodioideae Anabatic wind, a wind which blows up a steep slope or mountain side See also Anabasii, couriers of antiquity Katabasis, a trip from the interior down to the coast