Walter F. Otto

Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto (shortened to Walter F. Otto; 22 June 1874 – 23 September 1958) was a German classical philologist particularly known for his work on the meaning and legacy of Greek religion and mythology.

Works

• Mythos und Welt, Stuttgart 1962.
• Das Wort der Antike, Stuttgart 1962.
• Die Wirklichkeit der Götter. Von der Unzerstörbarkeit der griechischen Weltsicht, hg. von Ernesto Grassi, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1963.
• Epikur, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1975.
  • Epicuro, trans. Erich Lassmann Klee, Madrid: Editorial Sexto Piso, 2005, 2006. (in Spanish)