THE SWIFT CONQUEST
The leopard with four wings
Daniel's vision depicts a winged leopard with four heads. In the historicist reading of Daniel 7, it represents Greece's rapid conquest and later division.
Daniel 7:6AN INTERACTIVE BIBLICAL ATLAS
The Empire
of Greece
A young Macedonian king changes the ancient world. Follow the conquests of Alexander, the division of his empire, and the visions of Daniel.
01 · EXPLORE THE EMPIRE
Six places. One extraordinary campaign.
Illustrative schematic of the campaign; positions and distances are not to scale.
02 · TRAVEL THROUGH TIME
Four turning points
03 · FIELD NOTES
Discover the Hellenistic world
THE NOTABLE HORN
The goat from the west
The angel identifies the rough goat as Greece and its great horn as its first king. The horn is broken at the height of its strength.
Daniel 8:5–8, 21–22AFTER ALEXANDER
Four successor kingdoms
After Alexander died in 323 BC, rival generals struggled for control. Four principal dynastic powers emerged over time: Antigonid, Seleucid, Ptolemaic, and Lysimachid territories.
Daniel 8:8, 22; 11:4CULTURE AND SCRIPTURE
A world speaking Greek
Greek language and institutions spread widely across the eastern Mediterranean and Near East. The Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures began during the Hellenistic era.
Historical context for the later biblical world04 · SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE
What does the angel identify as Greece?
According to Daniel 8:21, the rough goat represents...
05 · DISCOVERY PASSPORT
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