Mygdonia, Thessaloniki

Mygdonia (Μυγδονία) is a municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture, Greece. Population 7,239 (2001). The municipality of Mygdonia includes three districts, Drymos (Δρυμός), Liti (Λητή, alternate spelling: Lete) and Melissochori (Μελισσοχώρι). The seat of the municipality is in Liti.

According to archaeologists, the area has been inhabitied since the Mesolithic era (9000-7000 BC). The first inhabitants were Pelasgians, followed by Thracian tribes such as the Mygdones and the Edoni, until Alexander I of Macedon conquered and annexed the area.

Archaeological discoveries have been made in the area, near the Liti village and at the location Derveni. Discoveries include the ruins of the ancient city of Lete, ancient Macedonian tombs, tombstones, altars, statues, clay statuettes, coins, etc. Perhaps the most important discovery is the Derveni papyrus, an ancient Greek papyrus scroll, found in the city's necropolis in 1962 - a philosophical treatise on Orphic religion.