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Autolycus| In Greek mythology, an accomplished thief and trickster, son of the god Hermes, who gave him the power of invisibility, and grandfather of Odysseus. |
| Notorious for sheep-stealing, he was finally detected by Sisyphus, who marked his animals under the feet. |
| Shakespeare's character Autolycus displays similar characteristics in The Winter's Tale. |
Autolycus (lived 4th century BC)| Greek astronomer. His treatises ‘On the Moving Sphere’ and ‘On Risings and Settings’ are among the earliest Greek astronomical works to survive in their entirety. |
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