Cretan Anthem
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Cretan Anthem
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The Cretan Anthem was the national anthem of the Cretan State. It was adopted in 1898 and it was sung to the tune of the Greek national anthem, originally composed by Nikolaos Mantzaros and adopted by Dionysios Davrangas, with new words by the poet Ioannis Polemis, celebrating Crete's bloody struggles for freedom from the Ottoman Empire. The anthem never gained much popularity, since the Cretans viewed the Cretan State as a temporary measure; the Greek national anthem was the de facto unofficial
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1898–1908 national anthem of the Cretan State
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_Anthem
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2023-06-23T00:49:53Z
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