Within Greek mythology, Autolycus, or Autólykos was a boy of Chione and Hermes and father of Anticlea. He was the famous stealer (skills passed down from either his father) & matman (which he taught to Hercules). Autolycus stole a cows of Eurytus and the helmet that his grandson, Odysseus, eventually bore when you took a Trojan War. Autolycus was one of a Argonauts. (Apollodorus. Bibliotheke I, ix, Sixteen; Two, iv, Ix; vi, 2; Ovid. Metamorphoses XI, 301-17; Homer. Iliad X, 265-271; Homer. Odyssey XI, 84-6; XIX,395-566.)

Autolycus is besides the title of a thievish hawker around William Shakespeare's ''A Winter's Tale

Autolycus is too the character played by Bruce Campbell in Hercules: the Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess'' who styles himself "the King of Thieves". Each characters were inspired per mythical figure.

Autolycus can refer to Autolycus of Pitane, a Greek mathematician.

A title can likewise refer to:

A lunar crater Autolycus, which is named when Autolycus of Pitane.