Editing Hymn to Liberty (section)

== Uses ==
An adapted version was used during the short-lived [[Cretan State]] as the [[Cretan Anthem]]. The "Hymn to Liberty" had been the [[Greek royal family|Greek]] [[royal anthem]] since 1864.

"Hymn to Liberty" has been the national anthem of [[Cyprus]] since 1966.<ref name="Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus – The National Anthem" />

"Hymn to Liberty" has been performed at every [[Olympic Games ceremony#Closing|closing ceremony of the Olympic Games]], to pay tribute to Greece as the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Most renditions performed during the closing ceremonies are instrumental. Until the [[2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]], the Greek anthem was sung for three times during the [[2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|Sydney]], [[2004 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|Athens]] (as Greece was the host country), and [[2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony|Vancouver]].

The version commonly played by military bands is an arrangement composed by Lieutenant Colonel [[Margaritis Kastellis]] (1907–1979), former director of the Greek Music Corps.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Anthem|url=http://www.sse.gr/page_en.php?id=77|publisher=Hellenic Army Academy|access-date=30 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209135154/http://www.sse.gr/page_en.php?id=77|archive-date=9 February 2015|df=dmy}}</ref>