Cestrosphendone
A Sling dart used by the Greeks made up of a wooden pole with leaf shaped blades behind which were 2 or 3 wooden vanes. A sling was fitted at the tip and behind the vanes and the dart then spun above the head.
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Dugdale-Pointon, TDP. (19 April 2004), Cestrosphendone, http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_cestrosphendone.html