Dan 8:21-22 | TNotes | STEP | 8:21 The large horn represents Alexander the Great, the mighty first king who forged the Greek Empire . Two centuries after Daniel, Alexander would swiftly conquer the world (8:5 ); he overcame Persia in 331 BC . Alexander died in 323 BC at the age of thirty-three, but not before he arrogantly allowed himself to be called a god. • Josephus records that some Jewish priests showed the book of Daniel to Alexander, but Alexander treated Homer’s Iliad as his Bible and relied on it for guidance.

‏ Daniel 8:21-22

8:21 ^a The large horn represents Alexander the Great, the mighty first king who forged the Greek Empire. Two centuries after Daniel, Alexander would swiftly conquer the world (8:5 ^b); he overcame Persia in 331 BC. Alexander died in 323 BC at the age of thirty-three, but not before he arrogantly allowed himself to be called a god.

• Josephus records that some Jewish priests showed the book of Daniel to Alexander, but Alexander treated Homer’s Iliad as his Bible and relied on it for guidance.
8:22 ^c After Alexander’s death in 323 BC, his kingdom was divided into four major kingdoms, ruled by his generals (see profile for The Greeks at end of chapter).