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katabasis
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 anabasis2. literary a retreat[C19: from Greek: a going down, from katabainein to go down]Katabasis
Katabasis (1) In Orthodox church services, a special kind of monastic tropariow during which the hirmos (beginning canticle) is sung both at the beginning and the end of the canon ode; the two choirs descend from the balcony to the center of the church to sing the katabasis. (2) In the figurative sense, confusion or chaos. katabasisIn the Greek Orthodox church, a place under the altar for relics.MedicalSeecatabasis |