Autolycos or rather Autolycus

[kjartan]

I always thought that the name Autolycos came from Xena, but apparently not: [url=http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/winters_tale/full.html:1c47gn80]this guy used it first[/url:1c47gn80] (search that page for Autolycus; as a bonus, includes full lyrics of The Autolycus Song.)

[Autolycos]

actually i did create this char based after Bruce Campbell's role on the Hercules/Xena series. Bruce has always been one of my fav actors, not to mention entirely insane.

when i went to use the name and create this char in 97, autolycus was already taken.. so i had to modifiy it as the fully[b:258kwu51] automated search engine of destruction![/b:258kwu51]

[kjartan]

Or: the name embodies (in Latin rather than Greek) the motto inscribed in gold letters over the portico of the temple at Delphi, "gnothi seauton", or "know thyself". (Auto = self, Lycos = search engine, i.e. Know). Although really "know thyself" is not a very good translation, what it meant was more like "know that this is a temple of the gods and you are a crappy little mortal".

Actually, the wikipedia entry for Autolycus explains that there was an actual mythical character that the Hercules/Xena character is based on, so presumably Shakespeare borrowed it from there.

[Autolycos]

... hmm... kjartan... isn't that a smelly type of cheese?

[tincts]

My wife walked in on me as I was getting to "know myself" the other day Me and Socrates hitting the doghouse again I guess

[kjartan]

[quote="Autolycos":2mgdf01y]... hmm... kjartan... isn't that a smelly type of cheese?[/quote:2mgdf01y]

Probably you're thinking of [url=http://www.cheese.com/Description.asp?Name=Jarlsberg:2mgdf01y]Jarlsberg[/url:2mgdf01y], or perhaps [url=http://www.cheese.com/Description.asp?Name=Croghan:2mgdf01y]Croghan[/url:2mgdf01y], [url=http://www.cheese.com/Description.asp?Name=Kadchgall:2mgdf01y]Kadchgall[/url:2mgdf01y], or a nice [url=http://www.cheese.com/Description.asp?Name=Chevrotin%20des%20Aravis:2mgdf01y]Chevrotin[/url:2mgdf01y]. None of which are "smelly", although Croghan is said to be aromatic.

[Mystery]

You know more about cheese than anyone should know.

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[quote="Autolycos":3f6bl2gy]... hmm... kjartan... isn't that a smelly type of cheese?[/quote:3f6bl2gy]

Porthos, Disney's version of The Three Musketeers.

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Actually, if you read the song there's a quote two lines down that I found interesting:

[quote:89u9k0mm]Autolycus:
[Aside]
If the springe hold, the cock's mine.[/quote:89u9k0mm]

I don't think I want to know.