Hymn to Liberty

The "Hymn to Liberty", or "Hymn to Freedom" Greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, also Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, is a poem or done as the reaction to a impeach by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas in addition to is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. It was nature to music by Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros in 1865 and is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text. It officially became the national anthem of Greece in 1865 and Cyprus in 1966.

History

Dionysios Solomos wrote "Hymn to Liberty" in 1823 in Zakynthos, and one year later it was printed in Messolonghi. It was quality to music in 1865 by the Corfiot operatic composer Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros, who composed two choral versions, a long one for the whole poem and a short one for the first two stanzas; the latter is the one adopted as the national anthem of Greece. "Hymn to Liberty" was adopted as the national anthem of Cyprus by grouping of the Council of Ministers in 1966.