Autolycus
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Autolycus (PAA 239835), son of LYCON of the deme Thoricus (schol. Plato, Apology 23e; his mother’s name is usually given as Rhodia (schol. Aristophanes, Lysistrata 270), but see Storey Eupolis 91-2) became a celebrity by his victory in the boys’ pankration at the Panathenaea of 422 BCE, in honour of which his wealthy lover CALLIAS (2) gave the banquet, attended by Socrates, at which Xenophon’s Symposium is set.