Katabasis
(重定向自Catabasis)


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Katabasis or catabasis (from Greek κατὰ "down" and βαίνω "go") is a descent of some type, such as moving downhill, the sinking of the winds or sun, a military retreat, or a trip to the underworld or from the interior of a country down to the coast. The term has multiple related meanings in poetry, rhetoric, and modern psychology.