Autolycus
Autolycus
Anticlea
<catset>Category="Argonauts"</catset>The name <b>Autolycus</b> refers to several people:<ul><li> In <a href="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, <b>Autolycus</b>, or <b>Autólykos</b> was the son of <a href="Chione">Chione</a> and <a href="Hermes">Hermes</a> and father of <a href="Anticlea">Anticlea</a>. He was a renowned thief (skills passed down from his father) and wrestler (which he taught to <a href="Hercules">Hercules</a>). Autolycus stole the cattle of <a href="Eurytus">Eurytus</a> and the helmet that his grandson, <a href="Odysseus">Odysseus</a>, eventually wore during the <a href="Trojan War">Trojan War</a>. Autolycus was one of the <a href="Argonauts">Argonauts</a>. <i>(<a href="Apollodorus">Apollodorus</a>. <a href="Bibliotheke">Bibliotheke</a> I, ix, 16; II, iv, 9; vi, 2; <a href="Ovid">Ovid</a>. <a href="Metamorphoses (poem)">Metamorphoses</a> XI, 301-17; <a href="Homer">Homer</a>. <a href="Iliad">Iliad</a> X, 265-271; <a href="Homer">Homer</a>. <a href="Odyssey">Odyssey</a> XI, 84-6; XIX,395-566.)</i> </ul><ul><li> <b>Autolycus</b> is also the name of a thieving pedlar in <a href="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s <i><a href="The Winter's Tale">A Winter's Tale</a></i> </ul><ul><li> <b>Autolycus</b> is also a character played by <a href="Bruce Campbell">Bruce Campbell</a> in <i><a href="Hercules: The Legendary Journeys">Hercules: The Legendary Journeys</a></i> and <i><a href="Xena: Warrior Princess">Xena: Warrior Princess</a></i> who styles himself "the King of Thieves". Both characters were inspired by the mythic figure. </ul><ul><li> <b>Autolycus</b> may refer to <a href="Autolycus of Pitane">Autolycus of Pitane</a>, a <a href="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> <a href="Mathematics">mathematician</a>. </ul><p>The name may also refer to:<ul><li> The lunar crater <b><a href="Autolycus (crater)">Autolycus</a></b>, which is named after Autolycus of Pitane. </ul>