Mellisurgis was a town of
Mygdonia
Mygdonia (; el, Μυγδονία / Μygdonia) was an ancient territory, part of Ancient Thrace, later conquered by Macedon, which comprised the plains around Therma (Thessalonica) together with the valleys of Klisali and Besikia, including the ...
, in
ancient Macedonia, situated on the road from
Thessalonica
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
to
Apollonia of Mygdonia, which occurs in two of the Itineraries (
Itin. Anton.;
Peut. Tab.), at a distance of 20 M. P. from Thessalonica. By the mid-19th century, it still preserved its ancient name in the usual Romaic form of Melissurgús, and was inhabited by honeymakers, as the word implies.
The site of Mellisurgis is near the modern
Melissourgos.
References
Populated places in ancient Macedonia
Geography of ancient Mygdonia
Former populated places in Greece
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