and in forming these designs he resolved to send his naval force against the Carthaginians, and a body chosen from his land-army against the Ammonians; and to the Ethiopians to send spies first, both to see whether the table of the Sun existed really, which is said to exist among these Ethiopians, and in addition to this to spy out all else, but pretending to be bearers of gifts for their king.
karkhedondarren aurka, amondarren aurka, eta ethiopiar makrobioen (biziluzeen) aurka, hauek Libyan hegoaldeko itsasertzean bizi direlarik. Eta, asmo horrekin, karkhedondarren kontra gerra-untziteria bidaltzea erabaki zuen, amondarren kontra infanteria aukeratua, ethiopiarren aurka, berriz, lehenik zelatariak, ethiopiarren artean bazela zioten Eguzki-mahaia egiaz bazen ikus zezaten, eta, horrez gainera, beste gauzak ere zelata zitzaten, nahiz eta hitzez haien erregeari emariak eman.