Positive Vibe wrote: I don't want politics to have anything to do with the new anthem, i just want it to be one of the best national anthems in the world. I want people to be gobsmacked at football stadiums when they hear the new Cyprus anthem, I want people to drop their jaws in desbelif in how awesome the new Cypriot anthem is. I want foregin nationals to listen to the new Cyprus anthem and demand from their politicians that they change to something as awesome (even if it's not really possible).
If you come to think of it, the Greek National Anthem, unlike, let’s say, the British, the French, the German etc, does not refer to the Greek Nation or to any particular "motherland" etc. Only reference to the Greeks is made in the verse were it says that Freedom emerges from the sacred bones of the Greeks. But that could change to “ap ta kokala vgalmeni ton Cypreon ta iera…” instead of “..ton Hellinon ta iera”.
Otherwise, the Greek National Anthem is an Ode to Freedom. What better a subject for an anthem? Isn’t the ideal of Freedom In all its forms the ultimate virtue to go for? I think the Greek National Anthem could easily be adopted as the Anthem of the UN considering that the values praised in it express all peoples i.e., the love for Freedom, and the never ending straggles to gain it. And don’t forget, “Freedom” also includes the personal and human Freedoms of, let’s say, speech, religion etc. It also includes Democracy, Justice, Equality and all other high ideals of Humanity.
