Mygdŏnia

, a small province of Macedonia, near Thrace, between the rivers Axius and Strymon. The inhabitants, called Mygdones , migrated into Asia, and settled near Troas, where the country received the name of their ancient habitation. Cybele was called Mygdonia , from the worship she received in Mygdonia in Phrygia. Horace , bk. 2 , ode 12, li. 22 ; bk. 3 , ode 16, li. 41 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 6 , li. 45 .――A small province of Me so pot am i a bears also the name of Mygdonia, and was probably peopled by a Maced on i an colony. Flaccus , bk. 3 , . — Pliny , bk. 4 , ch. 10 .— Ovid , Heroides , poem 20.— Horace , bk. 2 , ode 12.