Who was represented by "the great horn," and what followed when it was broken?
Answer
"And the rough goat is the king [kingdom] of Grecia, and the great horn that is between his eyes is
the first king. Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up, out of the
nation, but not in his power." Verses 21, 22.
NOTES - From the interpretation given, it is plain that the notable "horn" upon the he goat
represented Alexander the Great, who led the Grecian forces in their conquest of Medo-Persia. Upon the
death of Alexander at Babylon, 323 BC., there followed a brief period of confusion in the struggle for the
kingdom, but the succession was definitely determined by the battle Of Ipsus, 301 BC. Four of Alexander's
leading generals-Cassander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus-became his successors.
"The vast empire created by Alexander's unparalleled conquests was distracted by the wranglings
and wars of his successors, and before the close of the fourth century before Christ, had become broken up
into many fragments. Besides minor states, four well-defined and important monarchies rose out of the
ruins. . . . Their rulers were Lysimachus, Cassander, Seleucus Nicator, and Ptolemy, who had each
assumed the title of king. The great horn was broken; and instead of it came up four notable ones toward
the four winds of heaven."--Myers' "History of Greece," page 457, edition 1902.
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