Hymn to Liberty
National anthem of Greece and Cyprus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The "Hymn to Liberty", or "Hymn to Freedom" (Greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν,[lower-alpha 1] also Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν),[lower-alpha 2] is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas and it is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus.
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English: Hymn to Liberty | |
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Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν | |
National anthem of Greece and Cyprus | |
Lyrics | Dionysios Solomos, 1823 |
Music | Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros, 1865 |
Adopted | 1864 (by Greece)[1] 1966 (by Cyprus)[2] |
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It was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros in 1828 and is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text.[3]
It officially became the national anthem of Greece in 1864 and Cyprus in 1966.