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In Greek mythology, Autolaus (Ancient Greek: Αὐτόλαος) was the illegitimate son of King Arcas of Arcadia. He found and brought up the infant god Asclepius when the infant was exposed in Thelpusa.

Notes

1. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.2 & 8.25.11
2. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.25.11

References

• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Autolaus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 446.

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