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After this Cambyses took counsel with himself, and planned three
expeditions. One was against the Carthaginians, another against the
Ammonians, and a third against the long-lived Ethiopians, who dwelt
in that part of Libya which borders upon the southern sea. He judged
it best to despatch his fleet against Carthage and to send some portion
of his land army to act against the Ammonians, while his spies went
into Ethiopia, under the pretence of carrying presents to the king,
but in reality to take note of all they saw, and especially to observe
whether there was really what is called "the table of the Sun" in Ethiopia.
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