Dionysios Solomos



Dionysios Solomos (8 April 1798 – 9 February 1857) was an author, poet and writer of the Hymn to Liberty, which became later the Greek national anthem.

Quotes

 * Anything is true, is essential to the national.
 * in Greek: "Εθνικό είναι το Αληθές"
 * Thoughts of the poet, prolegomena by Iakovos Polylas, "Poems, Icarus edition, 1961"
 * Beautiful, moral world, created in an angelic way.
 * in Greek: "Όμορφος κόσμος, ηθικός, αγγελικά πλασμένος".
 * Sarcastic tone; from his poem "to Francesca Freiser"