object

Sling

Objects

A named cord or strap for casting a stone of long practice. Not a bola, not an atlatl, and not a caltrop.

Also known as Hand sling

Hellenic religion

  • Sling appears in Hellenic religion.

    The Iliad names the sling among the missile gear of Achaean fighting. A named Hellenic hand-sling in that epic, not a bola and not an atlatl.

    from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Iliad · Homer

    Homer, Iliad.