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Hymn to Liberty
The "Hymn to Liberty" or "Hymn to Freedom" (, , also , ) is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas, which is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. It was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros, and is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text. In 1865, the first three stanzas (and later the first two) officially became the national anthem of Greece and, from 1966, also that
Hymn to Liberty inaugurated a new phase in the poet's literary work: this is the time when the poet has finally managed to master the language and is experimenting himself with more complex forms, opening up to new kinds of inspirations and easily leaving aside improvisation. This period resulted in the "Odi eis to thanato tou Lordou Byron" — "Ode to the death of Lord Byron", a poem having many things in common with the Hymn but also many weaknesses, "I Katastrofi ton Psaron" — "Psara's