# Peter Østbye

> Peter Nielsen Østbye was a Norwegian philologist and academic administrator. He taught classical languages and was a proponent of learning the Latin language. He was an education official at Fredrikstad between 1894-1910 and at Drammen between 1910-1926.
He is principally known for his translations of Homer's epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey from Ancient Greek into Norwegian.

*Norwegian philologist and translator (1855-1943)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1855-02-20
- **Died:** 1943-02-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.1
- **Momentum:** 10.0

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