page_title: Hymn to Liberty
section_title: Lyrics
hierarchical_section_title: Hymn to Liberty / Lyrics
caption_attribution_description: English: Hanging of Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople
context_page_description: The "Hymn to Liberty" or "Hymn to Freedom" 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 officially became the national anthem of Greece and, from 1966, also that of Cyprus.
context_section_description: Inspired by the Greek War of Independence, Solomos wrote the hymn to honor the struggle of Greeks for independence after centuries of Ottoman rule.
  "Hymn to Liberty" recounts the misery of the Greeks under the Ottomans and their hope for freedom. He describes different events of the War, such as the execution of Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople, the reaction of the Great Powers, extensively the Siege of Tripolitsa and the Christian character of the struggle.
caption: Execution of Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople by Nikiforos Lytras
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