Hymn to Liberty

Hýmnos is tin Eleftherían
Hýmnos pros tin Eleftherían
English: Hymn to Liberty
Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν
Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν

National anthem of Greece and Cyprus
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", or "Hymn to Freedom" (Greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν,[a] also Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν),[b] is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas and some of its stanzas are used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus.

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Enc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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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