Walter F. Otto

Walter F. Otto
Born22 June 1874
Died23 September 1958
NationalityGerman
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.