A method of divination with arrows that dates as far back as the age of the Chaldeans.

It existed among the Greeks, and still later among the Arabians. It was an ancient form of divination performed by tossing or balancing arrows. Anothr method involved throwing the arrows in the air, the point at which the arrows inclined pointed out the direction to be taken.

It is derived from Late Greek belomantia, from belos, "an arrow" or "a dart".