English Dictionary

katabasis

IPA（発音記号）

/kəˈtæbəsɪs/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義 ユーモラス文体 稀用

(mythology, literature) A mytheme or trope in which the hero embarks on a journey to the underworld. / (by extension, humorous) Any journey downwards or fall. / A retreat, especially a military one.

日本語の意味

（神話・文学）英雄が冥界へ旅立つという神話的・物語的モチーフ / （それに転じて、ユーモラスな意味として）下方への旅や堕落、急降下 / （軍事用語として）部隊の撤退

In many ancient epics, the hero's katabasis serves as a test of courage and a turning point in the narrative.

多くの古代叙事詩では、英雄の冥界下りが勇気の試練であり、物語の転換点となります。

意味（1）

(mythology, literature) A mytheme or trope in which the hero embarks on a journey to the underworld.

The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, catabases, with obstacles, such as encounters with various monsters, menaces of all sorts, the crossing of the bridge of the dead or the passage of mysterious rivers on foot or on horseback.

意味（2）

(by extension, humorous) Any journey downwards or fall.

How did the man in the moon come down? The distance between the earth and moon is by no means inconsiderable, and other obstacles “too tedious to mention,” lie in the way of this famous Catabasis, which his lunar majesty is declared to have performed.

意味（3）

A retreat, especially a military one.

2dly, That of a great military expedition, offering the same romantic features[…]which mark[…]the Russian anabasis and katabasis of Napoleon.

意味（4）

A journey from the interior of a country to the coast.

As the French Tenth Army shattered like the porcelain shell of a Faberge egg, British and Polish expeditionary forces that had supported the French hastily withdrew toward the Channel coast—technically it was a katabasis, the opposite of the ancient military term anabasis, which meant a march to the interior.

意味（5）

(rare) The presence of downward (drainage or katabatic) winds.

Sasttrugi permit the identification of regions of developed katabasis and their direction, and therefore the general relief features in certain Antarctic regions.

katabases （ plural ）