Autolycus

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Autolycus is a cunning figure in Greek mythology famed as a master thief and trickster, often associated with exceptional skills in stealth and deception.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology
master thief
trickster
ability to make stolen objects unrecognizable
to swear false oaths without punishment
appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
Homeric Hymns
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses

Pausanias’ Description of Greece
surface form: Pausanias' Description of Greece
associatedWith Hermes
Odysseus
Mount Parnassus
surface form: Parnassus
child Aesimus
Anticlea
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture Ancient Greek religion
epithet crafty Autolycus
master of thieves
father Hermes
gender male
grandchild Odysseus
influenceOn archetype of the trickster thief in later literature
knownFor cunning
deception
shape-shifting of stolen goods
stealth
thievery
languageOfName Ancient Greek
moralAlignment ambiguous
mother Chione
mythology Greek mythology
nameMeaning self-wolf or lone wolf
notableDeed stole cattle from Eurytus
stole cattle from Sisyphus
taught Odysseus skills in trickery
relatedConcept divine trickery of Hermes
trickster archetype
residence Mount Parnassus
roleInMyth giver of Odysseus' name
grandfather of Odysseus
participant in the Calydonian boar hunt
spouse Mestra
Neaera
symbol disguise
stolen cattle
worshippedAs hero

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hermes children Autolycus
Odysseus grandfather Autolycus