"And as I was considering, behold, _an he goat_ came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes." Verse 5.
7. What did the goat with the notable horn represent?
"And the rough goat is _the king of Grecia_: and the great horn that is between his eyes is _the first king_." Verse 21.
8. How was the conquest of Medo-Persia by Grecia foretold in this symbolic prophecy?
"And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and _smote the ram, and brake his two horns_: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand." Verse 7.
9. When the he goat "was strong," what occurred?
"Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, _the great horn was broken_; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven." Verse 8.
10. Who was represented by "the great horn," and what followed when it was broken?
"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, B.C. 323, there followed a brief period of confusion in the struggle for the kingdom, but the succession was definitely determined by the battle of Ipsus, B.C. 301. Alexander's four 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's __"__History of Greece,__"__ page 457, edition 1902._