Anabasis (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexis Saint-Léger Léger
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: The East
- Genres: Poetry, Epic, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Asia or Asians, Conquest, Heads of state, Princes or princesses, Sun
- Locales: Asia
Characters Discussed
The Leader, the central character, an unidentified man. He is the speaker who recites in epic fashion the entirety of Anabasis. He is a nomad who symbolizes the legendary and frequent migratory movements on horseback westward from Asia, heroic travels that bring discovery and adventure and that culminate in the foundation of new civilizations. The Leader is an introspective man whose ancestry, physical traits, and age are not described. He is, in this way, the incarnation of humankind in action, struggling between the desire to create an organized...
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