“1. In speaking of a "lioness from the sea," he meant the rising of the kingdom of Babylon, and that this was the "golden head of the image." And in speaking of its "eagle wings," be meant that king Nebuchadnezzar was exalted and that his glory was lifted up against God. Then he says "its wings were plucked off," i.e.,…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments - Of the visions of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar
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2Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
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1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
— Daniel 7:2 —
3And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.