Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
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Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander is a major classical historical work that provides one of the most detailed and influential accounts of Alexander the Great’s life and military campaigns.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander canonical | 13 |
| Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander | 5 |
| Anabasis Alexandrou | 1 |
| Anabasis of Alexander | 1 |
| Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian | 1 |
| The Anabasis of Alexander | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander Context triple: [Indian campaign, source, Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander]
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A.
Anabasis
Anabasis is an ancient Greek historical narrative by Xenophon recounting the journey and struggles of the Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries as they marched through Persia to return home.
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B.
The Battles of Alexander
The Battles of Alexander is a celebrated series of grand historical paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting key military victories of Alexander the Great.
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C.
Xenophon's Hellenica
Xenophon's *Hellenica* is a classical Greek historical work that continues Thucydides’ account of the Peloponnesian War and its aftermath, covering Greek history from 411 to 362 BCE.
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D.
Letter to Herodotus
Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
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E.
Against Apion
Against Apion is a polemical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that defends Judaism and Jewish history against the criticisms and slanders of Greco-Roman writers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander Target entity description: Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander is a major classical historical work that provides one of the most detailed and influential accounts of Alexander the Great’s life and military campaigns.
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A.
Anabasis
Anabasis is an ancient Greek historical narrative by Xenophon recounting the journey and struggles of the Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries as they marched through Persia to return home.
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B.
The Battles of Alexander
The Battles of Alexander is a celebrated series of grand historical paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting key military victories of Alexander the Great.
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C.
Xenophon's Hellenica
Xenophon's *Hellenica* is a classical Greek historical work that continues Thucydides’ account of the Peloponnesian War and its aftermath, covering Greek history from 411 to 362 BCE.
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D.
Letter to Herodotus
Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
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E.
Against Apion
Against Apion is a polemical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that defends Judaism and Jewish history against the criticisms and slanders of Greco-Roman writers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek historiography
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biographical work ⓘ historical work ⓘ military history ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Wars of Alexander the Great
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surface form:
Campaigns of Alexander
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ
surface form:
The Anabasis of Alexander
|
| author |
Arrian of Nicomedia
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surface form:
Arrian
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| basedOnSource |
Aristobulus of Cassandreia’s history of Alexander
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Ptolemy I’s history of Alexander ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope |
Alexander’s campaigns in Asia
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Alexander’s reign ⓘ |
| composedInCentury | 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| coversEvent |
Alexander’s conquest of the Persian Empire
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Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ Battle of Granicus ⓘ Battle of Issus ⓘ Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
mutiny at the Hyphasis River ⓘ return march through the Gedrosian desert ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Second Sophistic ⓘ |
| evaluatesSource | Onesicritus ⓘ |
| focus |
character and leadership of Alexander the Great
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military campaigns of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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history ⓘ military narrative ⓘ |
| historicalMethod |
critical comparison of sources
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preference for eyewitness accounts ⓘ |
| includes |
ethnographic observations
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geographical descriptions ⓘ speeches attributed to Alexander ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman and Byzantine historians of Alexander
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later biographies of Alexander the Great ⓘ modern scholarship on Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| modeledOn |
Anabasis
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surface form:
Xenophon’s Anabasis
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| numberOfBooks | 7 ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives complete ⓘ |
| reception |
considered one of the most reliable ancient sources on Alexander
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highly valued by modern historians ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Arrian’s Indica ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
geography of Alexander’s campaigns
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life of Alexander the Great ⓘ military tactics of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| structure | narrative arranged in roughly chronological order ⓘ |
| title |
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Anabasis Alexandrou
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| usesSourceCritically |
Callisthenes of Olynthus
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Cleitarchus ⓘ |
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Battle of the Granicus
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Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander
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Anabasis of Alexander
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Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian
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Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander
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Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander
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Anabasis Alexandrou
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The Anabasis of Alexander
Capture of the family of Darius III after the Battle of Issus
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Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander
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Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander