Autolycus

American  

[aw-tol-i-kuhs] / ɔˈtɒl ɪ kəs /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a thief, the son of Hermes and Chione, and the grandfather of Odysseus. He possessed the power of changing the shape of whatever he stole and of making it and himself invisible.

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Autolycus ¹ British  

/ ɔːˈtɒlɪkəs /

noun

1. a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep

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Autolycus ² British  

/ ɔːˈtɒlɪkəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a thief who stole cattle from his neighbour Sisyphus and prevented him from recognizing them by making them invisible

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Autolycus

Mr. Skybell, Antigonus having been digested, then effectively undertakes the role of the feisty, wily opportunist Autolycus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Shakespeare's Restless Worldby Dr Neil MacGregor MacGregor had already proved himself a brilliant "snapper-up of unconsidered trifles", Shakespeare's description of light-fingered Autolycus in The Winter's Tale.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2012

The evening’s telling final image is of the anarchic Autolycus, played with conniving bumptiousness by Brian Doherty, alone onstage.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2011

Lunik II, the Russians say, landed on the edge of the Sea of Serenity, near the craters Aristillus, Archimedes and Autolycus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bucephalus always grew cantankerous at the smell of blood, so the mortal remnants of Autolycus had to be tied behind my saddle,—a circumstance which occasioned a good deal of chaff on the part of Andries.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully

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