Dionysios Solomos

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Greek poet human poet

Dionysios Solomos was a 19th-century Greek poet, regarded as the national poet of Greece and best known for writing the verses that became the Greek national anthem.

Aliases (1)

Διονύσιος Σολωμός ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek poet → human → poet →
burialPlace	Zakynthos →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
commemoratedBy	Statue of Dionysios Solomos in Zakynthos →
countryOfCitizenship	Greece →
dateOfBirth	1798-04-08 →
dateOfDeath	1857-02-09 →
educatedAt	Lyceum of St. Catherine in Venice → University of Pavia →
era	19th century →
ethnicGroup	Greek →
genre	lyric poetry → patriotic poetry →
hasOccupation	writer →
hasPartInWork	verses adopted as the Greek national anthem →
hasWorkInTheCollection	Greek national anthem lyrics →
honorificTitle	national poet of Greece →
influencedBy	Italian literature → Ugo Foscolo →
knownFor	writing the verses of the Greek national anthem →
languageOfWorkOrName	Greek → Italian →
movement	Romanticism →
name	Dionysios Solomos →
nativeName	Διονύσιος Σολωμός →
notableIdea	promotion of the Greek demotic language in literature →
notableWork	Hymn to Liberty → Lambros → The Free Besieged → The Shark → Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν → Ο Κρητικός →
occupation	lawyer → poet →
partOf	Heptanese School of literature →
placeOfBirth	Ionian Islands → Republic of Venice → Zakynthos →
placeOfDeath	Corfu → Ionian Islands →
positionHeld	national poet of Greece →
religion	Eastern Orthodox Church →
residence	Corfu → Zakynthos →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ionian School of literature → Philhellenes →	hasNotableMember
Hymn to Liberty →	author
Nikolaos Mantzaros →	collaboratedWith
Dionysios Solomos →	name
Zakynthos International Airport →	namedAfter
Dionysios Solomos ("Διονύσιος Σολωμός") →	nativeName
Hymn to Liberty →	poet
Nikolaos Mantzaros →	usedTextBy
Hymn to Liberty →	writtenBy