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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 15

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XV.

Then after the lioness, the prophet sees a second beast

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like

a

bear

,

which

denoted

the

Persians

;

for

after

the

Babylonians

the

Persians

had

the

sovereignty

.

And

in

saying

,

“

I

saw

three

ribs

in

the

mouth

of

it

,

”

he

referred

to

three

nations

,

the

Persians

,

Medes

,

and

Babylonians

,

which

were

also

expressed

by

the

silver

that

came

after

the

gold

in

the

image

.

Behold

,

we

have

explained

the

second

beast

too

.

Then

the

third

was

the

leopard

,

by

which

were

meant

the

Greeks

.

For

after

the

Persians

,

Alexander

king

of

the

Macedonians

held

the

sovereignty

,

when

he

had

destroyed

Darius

;

and

this

is

expressed

by

the

brass

in

the

image

.

And

in

speaking

of

“

four

wings

of

a

fowl

,

and

four

heads

in

the

beast

,

”

he

showed

most

clearly

how

the

kingdom

of

Alexander

was

divided

into

four

parts

.

For

it

had

four

heads

,

—

namely

,

the

four

kings

that

rose

out

of

it

.

For

on

his

death

-

bed

Alexander

divided

his

kingdom

into

four

parts

.

Behold

,

we

have

discussed

the

third

also

.

Notes

1
See Hippolytus on Antichrist, ch. xxiv. p. 209, supra.