Walter F. Otto

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Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann 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)

  • Der Geist der Antike und die christliche Welt, Bonn, 1923.
  • Dionysos. Mythos und Kultus, Frankfurt am Main, 1933; 1996.
    • Dionysus: Myth and Cult, trans. Robert B. Palmer, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1965. (English)
  • Die Götter Griechenlands. Das Bild des Göttlichen im Spiegel des griechischen Geistes, Bonn, 1929; 5th edition, Frankfurt: G. Scchulte-Bulmke, 1961.
    • The Homeric Gods. The Spiritual Significance of Greek Religion, trans. Moses Hadas, 1954; reprint, Boston, 1964. (English)
    • Les Dieux de la Grece. La figure du divin au miroir de l'esprit, trans. C.-N. Grimbert and A. Morgant, Paris, 1981. (French)
    • Zeii Greciei. Imaginea divinităţii în spiritualitatea greacă, trans. Ileana Snagveanu-Spiegelberg, Bucharest: Humanitas, 1995, IA. Review (Romanian)
  • 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, IA. (Spanish)

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