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Dionysios Solomos

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Dionysios Solomos


Born
in Zakynthos, Republic of Venice
April 08, 1798

Died
February 09, 1857

Genre

Influences


Dionysios Solomos (Greek: Διονύσιος Σολωμός, 8 April 1798 - 9 February 1857) was a Greek poet from Zakynthos. He is best known for writing the Hymn to Liberty (Greek: Ὕμνο� εἰ� τὴ� Ἐλευθερία�), of which the first two stanzas on music by Nikolaos Mantzaros became the Greek national anthem in 1865.

He was the central figure of the Heptanese School of poetry, and is considered the national poet of Greece - not only because he wrote the national anthem, but also because he contributed to the preservation of earlier poetic tradition and highlighted its usefulness to modern literature. Other notable poems include Τhe Cretan (� Κρητικός), The Free Besieged (Ἐλεύθερο� Πολιορκημένοι) and others.

A characteristic of his work is that no poem except th
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Average rating: 4.37 · 594 ratings · 25 reviews · 36 distinct worksSimilar authors
Η γυναίκα της Ζάκυθος: Χρησ...

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4.14 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1927 — 5 editions
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Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν

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4.47 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1824 — 5 editions
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Ο Κρητικός

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4.47 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1833 — 2 editions
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Οι ελεύθεροι πολιορκημένοι

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4.52 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1859 — 3 editions
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Έργα, ποιήματα και πεζά

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4.45 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions
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Ποιήματα Άπαντα

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4.53 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1859
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Ύμνος εις την ελευθερίαν - ...

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Ο Λάμπρος

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3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1829 — 2 editions
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ΑΠΑΝΤΑ

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Ανθολόγιο θεμάτων της Σολωμ...

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