 Greek legend gives indications on the subject of language at Troy.For one thing, the allies of Troy, listed at length in the Trojan Battle Order which closes book 2 of the "Iliad", are depicted as speaking various languages and thus needing to have orders translated to them by their commanders (2.802–806).Elsewhere in the poem (4.433–438) they are compared to sheep and lambs bleating in a field as they talk together in their different languages.