the Syrtes, sandbanks off the coast of Libya
Latin word, found 79 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Aeneid 1.111: in brevia et Syrtis urguet, miserabile visu,
Seneca the Younger, Hercules Furens 323: deprensus haesit Syrtium brevibus vadis
Seneca the Younger, Agamemnon 64: Non sic Libycis syrtibus aequor
All forms of Syrtis