Hymn to Liberty

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national anthem patriotic song poem

"Hymn to Liberty" is a 19th-century Greek patriotic poem by Dionysios Solomos, set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros, that celebrates the Greek War of Independence and serves as Greece’s national anthem.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national anthem → patriotic song → poem →
adoptedAsNationalAnthemBy	Cyprus → Greece →
adoptedAsNationalAnthemInGreece	1865 →
associatedWith	Greek nationalism → Ionian School of literature →
author	Dionysios Solomos →
basedOnEvent	Greek War of Independence →
belongsToTradition	Greek patriotic music → Modern Greek literature →
celebrates	Greek independence → heroism of Greek fighters →
composer	Nikolaos Mantzaros →
country	Greece →
countryOfOrigin	Greece →
culturalSignificance	one of the longest texts used as a national anthem → symbol of Greek national identity →
dedicatedTo	Liberty →
describes	struggle of Greeks against Ottoman rule →
firstPerformanceLocation	Corfu →
genre	national anthem → patriotic poem →
hasMusicalForm	march →
inception	1823 →
influencedBy	Philhellenism →
language	Greek →
notableLine	Σε γνωρίζω από την κόψη (I recognize you by the fearsome sharpness of your sword) →
numberOfStanzas	158 →
originalTitle	Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν →
partOf	Greek War of Independence cultural heritage →
placeOfFirstPublication	Messolonghi →
poet	Dionysios Solomos →
publicationDate	1824 →
region	Europe →
setToMusicBy	Nikolaos Mantzaros →
subject	Greek War of Independence →
theme	freedom → national liberation → patriotism →
titleInGreek	Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν →
usage	official ceremonies in Cyprus → official ceremonies in Greece →
usedAs	national anthem of Cyprus → national anthem of Greece →
uses	Greek language →
writtenBy	Dionysios Solomos →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dionysios Solomos → Dionysios Solomos ("Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν") → Ionian School of literature → Nana Mouskouri ("Song for Liberty") → Nikolaos Mantzaros →	notableWork
Greece → Kingdom of Greece →	nationalAnthem
Nikolaos Mantzaros →	associatedWith
Nikolaos Mantzaros →	composed
Hymn to Liberty ("Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν") →	originalTitle
Hymn to Liberty ("Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν") →	titleInGreek