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Dionysios Solomos

Born

in Zakynthos, Republic of Venice

April 08, 1798

Died

February 09, 1857

Genre

Poetry

Influences

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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: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν), 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 (Ὁ Κρητικός), The Free Besieged (Ἐλεύθεροι Πολιορκημένοι) and others.

A characteristic of his work is that no poem except th ...more

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Average rating: 4.37 · 613 ratings · 27 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Η γυναίκα της Ζάκυθος: Χρηστική έκδοση by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός, Άρης Μαραγκόπουλος (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1927 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός 4.48 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1824 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ο Κρητικός by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός, Στυλιανός Αλεξίου (επιμέλεια) 4.46 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1833 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Οι ελεύθεροι πολιορκημένοι by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός 4.53 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1859 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Έργα, ποιήματα και πεζά by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός 4.46 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ποιήματα Άπαντα by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός 4.54 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1859	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ύμνος εις την ελευθερίαν - Ελεύθεροι Πολιορκημένοι by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ο Λάμπρος by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1829 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ΑΠΑΝΤΑ 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ανθολόγιο θεμάτων της Σολωμικής ποίησης by Dionysios Solomos, Διονύσιος Σολωμός, Ερατοσθένης Γ. Καψωμένος (Editor) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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