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.