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Autolycus

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Autolycus1
n
(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep

Autolycus2
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) 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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And this is a lesson which I suspect you must have learnt out of Homer; for he, speaking of Autolycus, the maternal grandfather of Odysseus, who is a favourite of his, affirms that
Then came the ghost of my dead mother Anticlea, daughter to Autolycus.
This helmet had been stolen by Autolycus out of Eleon when he broke into the house of Amyntor son of Ormenus.
 
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