Serbonian Bog

The 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.

[dgrgsirbonis-1] Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "SIRBO´NIS LACUS". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

[fadlnathumlagoons-2] 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.

[1]

[2]