Â He is responsible for naming his (*) grandson, and he breaks into the house of Amyntor to snatch a leather studded helmet.
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