Dionysios Solomos
Greek poet
Dionysios Solomos was a Greek poet from Zakynthos, who is considered to be Greece's national poet. He is best known for writing the Hymn to Liberty, which was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros and became the Greek and Cypriot national anthem in... Wikipedia
Born: April 8, 1798, Zakynthos, Greece
Died: February 9, 1857 (age 58 years), Corfu, Greece
Parents: Angeliki Nikli and Nikolaos Solomos
Siblings: Dimitrios Solomos
Education: University of Pavia; (LL.B., 1817)
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