The body of Orestes, according to the Greeks, was 11 1/2 feet long.

The mythical Titans, 45 in number, were a race of Giants who warred against the Gods, and their descendants were the Gigantes.

The height attributed to these creatures was fabulous, and they were supposed to heap up mountains to scale the sky and to help them to wage their battles.

Hercules, a man of incredible strength, but who is said to have been not over 7 feet high, was dispatched against the Gigantes.
Pliny describes Gabbaras, who was brought to Rome by Claudius Caesar from Arabia and was between 9 and 10 feet in height, and adds that the remains of Posio and Secundilla, found in the reign of Augustus Caesar in the Sallustian Gardens, of which they were supposed to be the guardians, measured 10 feet 3 inches each.

In common with Augustine, Pliny believed that the stature of man has degenerated, but from the remains of the ancients so far discovered it would appear that the modern stature is about the same as the ancient.