Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander

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ancient Greek historiography biographical work historical work military history

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander canonical	15
Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander	7
Anabasis of Alexander	6
Anabasis Alexandrou	1
Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian	1
Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander	1
Arrian’s History of Alexander the Great	1
Arrian’s works on Alexander the Great	1
The Anabasis of Alexander	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3507898 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
Context triple: [Indian campaign, source, Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

NED2 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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ biographical work ⓘ historical work ⓘ military history ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Campaigns of Alexander ⓘ linked to: Wars of Alexander the Great The Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ linked to: Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
author	Arrian ⓘ linked to: Arrian of Nicomedia
basedOnSource	Aristobulus of Cassandreia’s history of Alexander ⓘ Ptolemy I’s history of Alexander ⓘ
chronologicalScope	Alexander’s campaigns in Asia ⓘ Alexander’s reign ⓘ
composedInCentury	2nd century CE ⓘ
coversEvent	Alexander’s conquest of the Persian Empire ⓘ Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ Battle of Granicus ⓘ Battle of Issus ⓘ Indian campaign of Alexander the Great ⓘ linked to: Wars 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 ⓘ military campaigns of Alexander the Great ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ history ⓘ military narrative ⓘ
historicalMethod	critical comparison of sources ⓘ preference for eyewitness accounts ⓘ
includes	ethnographic observations ⓘ geographical descriptions ⓘ speeches attributed to Alexander ⓘ
influenced	Roman and Byzantine historians of Alexander ⓘ later biographies of Alexander the Great ⓘ modern scholarship on Alexander the Great ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	Alexander the Great ⓘ
modeledOn	Xenophon’s Anabasis ⓘ linked to: Anabasis
numberOfBooks	7 ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Roman Empire ⓘ
preservationStatus	survives complete ⓘ
reception	considered one of the most reliable ancient sources on Alexander ⓘ highly valued by modern historians ⓘ
relatedWork	Arrian’s Indica ⓘ
sourceFor	geography of Alexander’s campaigns ⓘ life of Alexander the Great ⓘ military tactics of Alexander the Great ⓘ
structure	narrative arranged in roughly chronological order ⓘ
title	Anabasis Alexandrou ⓘ linked to: Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
usesSourceCritically	Callisthenes of Olynthus ⓘ Cleitarchus ⓘ

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Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian campaign → source → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Battle of the Granicus → historicalSource → Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

subject linked to: Battle of Granicus