Hymn to Liberty

Hýmnos eis tin Eleftherían
Hýmnos pros tin Eleftherían
English: "Hymn to Liberty"
Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν
Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν
1825 book cover

National anthem of Cyprus and Greece
LyricsDionysios Solomos, 1823
MusicNikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros, 1865
Adopted1864 (by Greece)[1]
1966 (by Cyprus)[2]
Audio sample
U.S. Navy Band instrumental version

The "Hymn to Liberty",[a] also known as the "Hymn to Freedom",[b] is a Greek poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 and set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros in 1828. It officially became the national anthem of Greece in 1864 and Cyprus in 1966. Consisting of 158 stanzas in total, is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text.[3]

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  2. ^ "Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus – The National Anthem". Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Greece: Hymn to Liberty". NationalAnthems.me. Retrieved 7 April 2017.


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