In one story, his touch is able to impart the quality of invisibility, while in another story he steals some cattle from Euboea.
The ability of this man and his sons to stop the flow of blood from a wound by saying a spell is one of the few instances of magic appearing in the works of Homer. Â That episode occurs after this man's descendants participate in a hunt for a boar that resides in a thicket so dense that it is completely dark. Â One crime committed by this man led Eurytus to detest Heracles, and, after Iphitus attempted to right that crime, Iphitus was killed by Heracles in a fit of madness. Â He is responsible for naming his (*) grandson, and he breaks into the house of Amyntor to snatch a leather studded helmet. Â In one story, his touch is able to impart the quality of invisibility, while in another story he steals some cattle from Euboea. Â For 10 points, name this child of Hermes, a master thief who is the grandfather of Odysseus.
The ability of this man and his sons to stop the flow of blood from a wound by saying a spell is one of the few instances of magic appearing in the works of Homer.
Autolycus