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rob Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 74	Herakles....the slinger? :) Jun 28^th, 2004 at 6:33am found this Greek vase with Herakles attacking the Stymphalion Birds as a slinger. Herakles is typically depicted as an archer, so i thought it was neat. http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/CGPrograms/Dict/image/stymphalian-birds2.jpg
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mgreenfield Funditor Offline Posts: 509 Milwaukee Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Herakles....the slinger? :) Reply #1 - Jun 28^th, 2004 at 10:24am ....with elbow high like that, I'd say he's an underhander. mgreenfield
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JohnHorn Tiro Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 21	Re: Herakles....the slinger? :) Reply #2 - Jun 28^th, 2004 at 9:44pm Awesome find, rob Perhaps this shows us that they considered it a great weapon to hunt for birds?
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rob Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 74	Re: Herakles....the slinger? :) Reply #3 - Jun 29^th, 2004 at 6:17am yes. especially birds that eat human flesh and rain down their metal feathers like arrows....
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Douglas Senior Member Offline Just give me a good stone and plenty of room! Posts: 260 Kalifornia Gender:	Re: Herakles....the slinger? :) Reply #4 - Jun 29^th, 2004 at 11:09am I am convinced that this is the "reload" position, really the only way to get control of the sling and reinsert a stone without having to chase the release node around... And couldn't Heracles have handled a bigger stone?
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David_T Funditor Past Moderator Offline Hooked on Sling'n Posts: 760 Greenville,SC Gender:	Re: Herakles....the slinger? :) Reply #5 - Jun 29^th, 2004 at 7:07pm This picture is the way I stand to do my overhand, no rotations slinging. Cool find!
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Re: Herakles....the slinger? :)
Reply #6 - Jun 29^th, 2004 at 8:49pm

I am convinced that this is the "reload" position, really the only way to get control of the sling and reinsert a stone without having to chase the release node around...

With a little practice the release end can be recovered with the right hand by simply swinging the sling forward and underhanded, when it gets fully extended it will snap back and almost jumps into your hand, very easy to catch. This leaves the left hand free to get another stone out of your pocket.
Herakles looks ready to fire, to me.

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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3245 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Herakles....the slinger? :) Reply #7 - Jul 3^rd, 2006 at 10:39am Wouldn't suprise me if Herakles did have a sling, even if it is not specifically mentioned. As to handling a larger stone, remember, there is only so much room on the amphora to portay things. If they portayed the stone in proportion to Herakles, there would be no room for anything else.
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