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Dionysios Solomos
1798–1857
Best known for writing the "Hymn to Liberty," he helped shape modern Greek poetry by bringing literary power to the everyday spoken language. His work is closely tied to the Greek struggle for independence and to the making of a national voice.
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Διονυσίου Σολωμού - Άπαντα τα Ευρισκόμενα
by Dionysios Solomos
About the author
Born on Zakynthos in 1798, Dionysios Solomos was educated in Italy and wrote some of his earliest poems in Italian before turning decisively to Greek. That shift became central to his legacy: he is widely remembered as the poet who showed how expressive Demotic Greek could be in serious literature.
His most famous work, Hymn to Liberty, was written in 1823 and later gave Greece and Cyprus their national anthem through its opening stanzas. Along with that landmark poem, he worked on major pieces such as The Free Besieged, earning a lasting place as Greece's national poet.
Solomos spent much of his later life in Corfu, where he continued writing, revising, and leaving some works incomplete. Even so, his poetry had a deep influence on modern Greek literature, combining lyric intensity, patriotic feeling, and a strong ear for living language.