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The National Anthem of Greece is based on the 158-stanza poem "Hymn to Liberty" written by the poet Dionysios Solomos from the island of Zakynthos. The inspiration for this poem was the Greek Revolution of 1821, in which the Greeks rose up against the Ottoman Empire. Throughout 1828, Nikolaos Mantzaros composed music for Solomos’s hymn, creating two versions: one for the entire poem and another for only the first two stanzas. King Otto rewarded him for both works (in 1845 and 1849), but he did n