#aeneas's trip to the underworld which defines the second half of the aeneid vs xenophon's work on the march to persia
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the typical meaning of anabasis vs that of katabasis is so funny to me because technically they are antonyms but katabasis is usually used for a hero's harrowing journey to the underworld in which he experiences a metaphorical death and rebirth while anabasis is just. a march
#tagamemnon#aeneas's trip to the underworld which defines the second half of the aeneid vs xenophon's work on the march to persia#queueusque tandem abutere catilina patientia nostra
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