person
Autolycus
also: Αὐτόλυκος
Odysseus's maternal grandfather, father of Anticleia; famed elsewhere as a master thief, he later names the infant Odysseus (Book 19).
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §11.84 great-hearted Autolycus
Odysseus's maternal grandfather; famed elsewhere as a trickster and master thief, he later gives Odysseus his name (Book 19).
- The Odyssey §19.1 great-hearted Autolycus
Odysseus's maternal grandfather, who named him and, on a boyhood visit to Parnassus, gave him the scar Eurycleia now recognizes while washing his feet.