Autolycus
Family: Athenian · Role: husband of Neæra · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 4
In Book 8, Chapter 4, Neæra married Autolycus, who lived on Mount Parnassus. He was reputed to be the son of Hermes, but was said to be the son of Dædalion.
In Book 9, Chapter 32, during the rule of the Thirty Tyrants at Athens, Autolycus disputed property with Eteonicus. After Lysander condemned Eteonicus for injustice and sent him away with reproaches, Eteonicus struck Autolycus, who struck back and brought him before Lysander. In Book 10, Chapter 8, Odysseus hunted with Autolycus’s sons and was wounded in the knee by a boar.
Relationship record
Life events
- Neæra married Autolycus, who lived on Mount Parnassus.(Book 8 · Chapter 4)
- With: Neæra
- “Neæra, who married Autolycus, who dwelt on Mount Parnassus”
- Lysander condemned Eteonicus for injustice in his dispute with Autolycus.(Book 9 · Chapter 32 · 📍 Athens)
- Odysseus was wounded in the knee by a boar while hunting with Autolycus’s sons.(Book 10 · Chapter 8 · 📍 Delphi)
- With: Odysseus
- “Odysseus, when he went to Autolycus and hunted with the sons of Autolycus, was wounded on the knee by a boar.”
Book 8 · Chapter 4
- married with Neæra “but only a daughter Neæra, who married Autolycus”
- parent: Hermes “Autolycus, who dwelt on Mount Parnassus, and was reputed to be the son of Hermes”
- parent: Dædalion “but was really the son of Dædalion.”
Book 9 · Chapter 32
- with Eteonicus (They disputed over property.) “Autolycus the pancratiast (whose effigy I have seen in the Pyrtaneum at Athens) had a dispute with Eteonicus a Spartan about some property.”
- with Lysander (Lysander adjudicated the dispute involving Autolycus.) “And when Eteonicus was convicted of pleading unfairly, (it was when the Thirty Tyrants were in power at Athens, and Lysander was present), he was moved to strike Autolycus, and when he struck back he brought him to Lysander, expecting that he would decide the affair in his favour.”
Book 10 · Chapter 8
- with Odysseus (Odysseus went to Autolycus and hunted with his sons.) “Odysseus, when he went to Autolycus and hunted with the sons of Autolycus, was wounded on the knee by a boar.”
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