The  first  of  these  expeditions,  howeter,  did  not  take
Ipleea,  heeaneo  the  raeniciatia,  who  coninoeed  hia  bb-
ftl  feree,  would  not  go  toattaek  onoirf'ueir  own  col-,
•niea. '  The  army  that  waa  sent  sssinst  the  Ammoni*
ana  perilled  in  ine  desert ;  and  the  tioopa  at  wfaoae
head  be  himself  had  aet  out  against  Uie  jEthiopisna
were-  compelled  by  hunger  to  retreat.  How  far  he
•dranced  into  Ethiopia  euinot  be  ascertained  from
Mqrthingthat  Herodotua  says,  Diodoma  Sictdns.  ha*r>
eTer(l,  38),  mskes  Cambyses  to  have  penetrated  aa
fci  aa  Uie  apot  when  Mero4  atood,  which  city,  accoid-
iiig  (o  thia  aame  wtiler,  he  founded,  and  named  after
lis  mother.  Hia  mother,  however,  waa  Oaseandana.
