Autolykos
mythological figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
the sons of Autolykos
in the texts
Odyssey
Odysseus's maternal grandfather, a renowned thief and perjurer gifted by Hermes, who named Odysseus and hosted him during the boar hunt that left him with his identifying scar.
‘Son-in-law and daughter," replied Autolykos, "call the child thus:
Odysseus, therefore, went to Parnassus to get the presents from Autolykos, who with his sons shook hands with him and gave him welcome.
When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, the sons of Autolykos went out with their hounds hunting, and Odysseus went too.
Iliad
Master thief credited with stealing the boar's-tusk helmet.
This helmet had been stolen by Autolykos out of Eleon when he broke into the house of Amyntor son of Ormenus.