Walter F. Otto

Walter F. Otto
Born(1874-06-22)22 June 1874
Hechingen, German Empire
Died23 September 1958(1958-09-23) (aged 84)
Tübingen, West Germany
OccupationPhilologist
ParentHermann Ernst Otto

Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto (22 June 1874, in Hechingen – 23 September 1958, in Tübingen) was a German classical philologist particularly known for his work on the meaning and legacy of Greek religion and mythology, especially as represented in his seminal 1929 work The Homeric Gods.

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