| English: "Hymn to Liberty" | |
|---|---|
| Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν | |
 1825 book cover | |
National anthem of Cyprus and Greece | |
| Lyrics | Dionysios Solomos, 1823 |
| Music | Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros, 1865 |
| Adopted | 1864 (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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- ^ "Greece: Hymn to Liberty". NationalAnthems.me. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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