Yes, Autolycus is the son of Hermes according to post-Homeric sources. His mother was regarded as a mortal woman named Chione or Philonis. Autolycus was famous as a thief and swindler and had magical abilities that were inherited from or granted by Hermes. These included the power of transforming the appearance of objects he had stolen and a helmet that made its wearer invisible. In Homer’s Odyssey Autolycus was not the son of Hermes but made sacrifices to him after which Hermes granted him skill in trickery.
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