Walter F. Otto

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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

(in German unless noted)

  • Nomina propria latina oriunda a participiis perfecti, Leipzig: Teubner, 1898. Dissertation. (in Latin)
  • Der Geist der Antike und die christliche Welt, Bonn 1923.
  • 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)