- The national anthem of Greece has 158 stanzas.
- The National Anthem was established by the Greeks in1865.
- The Anthem is a poem called Hymn to freedom which has been written from Dionysios Solomos in 1823 and composed by Nιkolaos Mantzaros in 1828.
- It consists of 158 stanzas (verses) and it is the longest Anthem in the world.
- Because οf its length only the first three and later the first two stanzas officially became the national Anthem of Greece.