Serbonian Bog (Greek: Σιρβωνίδος λίμνη, romanized: Sirbōnidos limnē, Latin: Sirbonis Lacus, Arabic: مستنقع سربون, romanized: Mustanqaʿ Sirbūn) was an area of wetland in a lagoon lying between the eastern Nile Delta, the Isthmus of Suez, Mount Casius, and the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt, with Lake Sirbonis at its center.[1] The lagoon still exists, and is the second-largest in Egypt.[2]: 13
The bog is used as a metaphor in English for an inextricable situation.
^ Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "SIRBO´NIS LACUS". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
^Fadl, Sherwet Mustafa El Sayed (2016). "Natural and Human Impacts on the Egyptian Northern Lagoons Between the Ptolemaic and Roman Eras In the Light of Greek Sources Mareotis and Sirbonis A Case Study". The Egyptian Journal of Environmental Change. 18 (1). The Egyptian Society of Environmental Change: 7–18. doi:10.12816/0027476. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "SIRBO´NIS LACUS". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
