[1] It is not possible to know with any precision what modern length was meant here, but most scholars agree it was somewhere between seven and eight feet tall.
[2] Aside from his height, Artachaees was most noted for his architecting of the Xerxes Canal across the peninsula at the base of Mount Athos, and his direct role in overseeing its construction.
[1] He died while Xerxes I was with his army at Athos; and Xerxes, who was deeply grieved at his loss, gave him a lavish funeral, and commanded his army to raise a mound for Artachaees.
[3] In the time of the historian Herodotus, the Acanthians, in pursuance of an oracle, sacrificed to Artachaees as a hero.
[4] Herodotus also mentions a couple of commanders who were the sons of Artachaees.