[[people-sound-like-birds]] --- ## By Branch ### Greek [Hom. Od. 16.216](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136%3Abook%3D16%3Acard%3D186) "And they wailed aloud more vehemently than birds..." [Eur. Her. 110–112](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0102%3Acard%3D107) "...chanting a plaintive dirge like some bird grown grey..."