The Free Besieged

"The Free Besieged" (Greek: Οι Ελεύθεροι Πολιορκημένοι, Oi Eleftheroi Poliorkimenoi) is an epic, unfinished work, composed by Dionysios Solomos and inspired by the third siege of Missolonghi (1825–1826), a crucial conflict of the Greek War of Independence.^[1] It is not a single work, but consists of three separate poems in fragmentary form. The Free Besieged is considered one of the greatest poems of Solomos,^[2] national poet of Greece.

^ Mackridge, Peter (2010). Language and national identity in Greece, 1766-1976 (reprinted with corrections. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780199599059.
^ Rothenberg, edited with commentaries by Jerome; Robinson, Jeffrey C. (2009). Poems for the millennium : the University of California book of romantic & postromantic poetry. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 374. ISBN 9780520255982. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[1] Mackridge, Peter (2010). Language and national identity in Greece, 1766-1976 (reprinted with corrections. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780199599059.

[2] Rothenberg, edited with commentaries by Jerome; Robinson, Jeffrey C. (2009). Poems for the millennium : the University of California book of romantic & postromantic poetry. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 374. ISBN 9780520255982. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

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The Free Besieged

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