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1874–1958 Germany

Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto, also known as 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, especially as represented in his seminal 1929 work The Homeric Gods.

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Also known as: Walter Friedrich Otto

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There is nothing [...] that can be said with greater certainty about these gods than the fact that they, indifferent to any happiness or pain in the world, live in the fullest bliss. Precisely this character brings us closest to the divinity of the Olympians. And precisely this spirit of celestial intangibility and silent bliss is what still breathes so happily and freely from the figures of the Greek gods today.

Theophania. Der Geist der altgriechischen Religion (Theophany: the spirit of ancient Greek religion) (1956)

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