Philip Schaff,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus…
(1885)
“ Now, since these things which are thus spoken mystically by the prophet seem to all to be hard to understand, we shall conceal none of them from those who are possessed of sound mind. By mentioning the first beast, namely the lioness that comes up out of the sea, Daniel means the kingdom of the Babylonians which was set up in the world ”
