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Artachaees was eight feet high, the ideal height being but four cubits (Ar. Frogs, 1014; cf. i. 60. 4). Respect for mere size is an oriental characteristic (ch. 187. 2; 1 Sam. ix. 2); thus the Mamelukes wondered at Napoleon's shortness. Though the identification of the tumulus (Spratt, Journ. R. G. S. xvii. 149) is very doubtful, there is no reason to suspect the real existence of Artachaees. H. is not embodying a mythical figure (Winckler, Gesch. Israels, ii. 175), nor borrowing from Alcaeus (Diels, Hermes, xxii. 425).


ὡς ἥρωι: cf. v. 47. 2 n. ἐπονομάζοντες: iv. 35. 3.

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