Editing Hymn to Liberty (section)

== History ==
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[[Dionysios Solomos]] wrote "Hymn to Liberty" in 1823 in [[Zakynthos]], and one year later it was printed in [[Messolonghi]].<ref name="Enc">{{Cite encyclopedia | last = Sklavos | first =G. |title=Ἐθνικός ὔμνος | trans-title = National anthem | pages = 244–247 | encyclopedia = Μεγάλη Ἐλληνικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεῖα, Τόμος Δέκατος. Ἑλλάς – Ἑλληνισμὸς |url= |location=[[Athens]] |publisher=Pyrsos Co. Ltd. |year=1934 |language=Greek }}</ref> In October 1824 it was published in London by the [[London Philhellenic Committee|Philhellenic Committee]], and an Italian translation was published in the Messolonghi newspaper ''[[Ellinika Chronika]]'' at about the same time.<ref name="Enc"/>

It was set to music in 1828 by the [[Corfiot]] [[opera]]tic composer [[Nikolaos Mantzaros]], who composed a choral versions, in 24 parts, and dedicated it to the first [[King of Greece]], [[Otto of Greece|Otto]].<ref name="Enc"/> Otto awarded Mantzaros with the Silver Cross of the [[Order of the Redeemer]] as a token of appreciation, but during Otto's reign (1832–1862), an anthem based on [[God Save the King]] was used, with a text glorifying Otto.<ref name="Enc"/> 

After Otto's ouster in 1862, the "Hymn to Liberty" was adopted as the national and royal anthem of Greece in 1864.<ref name="Enc"/> The "Hymn to Liberty" was also adopted as the national anthem of Cyprus by order of the [[Council of Ministers (Cyprus)|Council of Ministers]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Anthem|url=http://www.presidency.gov.cy/presidency/presidency.nsf/prc34_en/prc34_en?OpenDocument|access-date=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813155316/http://www.presidency.gov.cy/presidency/presidency.nsf/prc34_en/prc34_en?OpenDocument|archive-date=13 August 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>