The Saviour

Authors

  • Angus Llewellyn Jacobson University of Tasmania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/et.v2i1.7349

Keywords:

Antiochus, Seleucid Empire, Classics, Hellenistic Period, Short Story, Artwork

Abstract

Time and Fortune had treated the Great King Antiochus, son of Seleucus, poorly. As Aeneas, son of Jacob, approached his erstwhile employer, the beat of his footsteps ricocheted off the walls of Sardis’ citadel chamber, where once the scurrying and sycophancy of courtiers drowned such sound. Instead of lively, the hall felt tired – sick even – assailed on all sides by a ravenous dark, smothering what little light remained from the window out which Antiochus gazed.

Author Biography

Angus Llewellyn Jacobson , University of Tasmania

Angus Llewellyn Jacobson is an Australian Aboriginal PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Fellow in Classics at the University of Tasmania. While his thesis focuses specifically on the Seleucid-Antigonid kinship as a mechanism of dynastic preservation and control from the Battle of Ipsus to Antigonus Gonatas’ death, he also possesses a profound interest in numismatics, Greek and Latin literature, royal/imperial ideologies, and Late Antiquity, particularly the reign of Julian. Angus has previously presented his research on Libanius’ Antiochicus and early Antigonid-Seleucid relations in the inaugural lecture of the Seleukid Lecture Series’ 8th edition. In 2025, he was also awarded the Near Eastern Archaeological Foundation’s Catherine Southwell-Keeley Travel Grant, which enabled him to undertake research on key artefacts and archaeological sites related to the Seleucid-Antigonid kinship in Türkiye. When not undertaking research, Angus enjoys digital drawing/painting scenes and portraits from the ancient world and intends to (eventually) compose an English epic poem on a key battle from Seleucid history.

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Published

10.09.2026

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Epic Threads Volume 2

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Short Stories

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