Autŏly̆cus

, a son of Mercury by Chione a daughter of Dædali on. He was one of the Argonauts. His craft as a thief has been greatly celebrated. He stole the flocks of his neighbours, and mingled them with his own, after he had changed their marks. He did the same to Sisyphus son of Æolus; but Sisyphus was as crafty as Autolycus, and he knew his own oxen by a mark which he had made under their feet. Autolycus was so pleased with the artifice of Sisyphus, that he immediately formed an intimacy with him, and even permitted him freely to enjoy the company of his daughter Anticlea, who became pregnant of Uly es, and was soon after married to Laertes. See: Sisyphus , Laertes . Hyginus , fable 200, . — Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 1 , fable 8.— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 .— Homer , Ody ey , bk. 14 .――A son of Phryxus and Chalciope. Hyginus , fable 14.