<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The "Hymn to Liberty" or "Hymn to Freedom" (Greek: Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν, Ýmnos is tin Eleftherían pronounced (ˈimnos is tin elefθeˈrian), also Greek: Υμνος προς την Ελευθερίαν Ýmnos pros tin Eleftherían pronounced (ˈim. nos pros tin elefθe'ri.an)) is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas, which is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus . It was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros, and is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text . In 1865, the first three stanzas (and later the first two) officially became the national anthem of Greece and, from 1966, also that of the Republic of Cyprus . </P> <P> Dionysios Solomos wrote the anthem in 1823 in Zakynthos and one year later was printed in Messolonghi . The hymn was set to music in 1865 by the Corfiot operatic composer Nikolaos Mantzaros, who composed two choral versions, a long one for the whole poem and a short one for the first two stanzas; the latter is the one adopted as the National Anthem of Greece . The Greek anthem was adopted as the anthem of the Republic of Cyprus by order of the Council of Ministers in 1966 . </P>

Number of verses in the greek national anthem