AUTOLYCUS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Autolycus The craftiest of thieves. He stole the flocks of his neighbours, and changed their marks. Sisyphos out-witted him by marking his sheep under their feet, a device which so tickled the rogue that he instantly "cottoned" to him. Shakespeare introduces him in The Winter's Tale as a pedlar, and says he was called the son of Mercury, because he was born under that "thieving planet." "Autolycus is no lapidary, though he drives a roaring trade in flash jewellery." - Pall Mall Gazette. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Autolycus

In Greek mythology, Autolycus was the son of Chione and Hermes and father of Anticlea. He was a renowned thief (skills passed down from his father) and wrestler (which he taught to Heracles).

Autolycus stole the cattle of Eurytus and the helmet that his grandson, Odysseus, eventually wore during the Trojan War. Autolycus was one of the Argonauts.

Apollodorus. Bibliotheke I, ix, 16; II, iv, 9; vi, 2; Ovid. Metamorphoses XI, 301-17; Homer. Iliad X, 265-271; Homer. Odyssey XI, 84-6; XIX,395-566.

Synonyms within Context: AUTOLYCUS

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Merchant	Retailer; chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler; pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus; sutler, vivandiere; costerman, costermonger; tallyman; camelot; faker; vintner.
Thief	Cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher; defaulter; Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob, chevalier d'industrie; shoplifter.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: AUTOLYCUS

Domain	Title
Books	The pack of Autolycus; or, Strange and terrible news of ghosts, apparitions, monstrous births, showers of wheat, judgments of God, and other prodigious and fearful happenings as told in broadside ballads of the years, 1624-1693 (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AUTOLYCUS

Anagrams: AUTOLYCUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-l-o-s-t-u-u-y"
	-2 letters: layouts, locusta, outlays, talcous.
	-3 letters: clouts, costal, costly, cultus, cutlas, layout, locust, octyls, oculus, oscula, outlay.
	-4 letters: acyls, altos, ascot, autos, calos, cauls, clast, clays, clots, clout, cloys, coals, coaly, coast, coats, colas, colts, costa, cults, locus, lotas, lotus, lousy, louts, luaus, lusty, octal, octyl, salty, saucy, sault, scaly, scout, scuta, slaty, tacos.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-l-o-s-t-u-u-y"
	+1 letter: cautiously.
	+2 letters: cutaneously.
	+3 letters: auscultatory, autoeciously, incautiously.
	+4 letters: uncustomarily.
	+5 letters: contumaciously, percutaneously, rambunctiously, subcutaneously, unaccustomedly.
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