The phrase "ancient account" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a historical narrative or record that originates from a long time ago.
Example: "The ancient account of the city's founding provides valuable insights into its early culture and traditions."
Alternatives: "historical record" or "old narrative".
Every ancient account mentions her wit and charm.
An ancient account explains that when Sun Tzu beat the drum to signal "right turn!" "the girls only burst out laughing".
Archaeology also shows that the Esquiline Hill was next inhabited, thus disproving the ancient account which maintained that the Quirinal Hill was settled after the Palatine.
Zeuxis was, in one ancient account, a pupil of Demophilus of Himera in Sicily; other sources refer to him as a pupil of Neseus of Thasos (an island in the northern Aegean Sea).
"The internet discussion was particularly prompted by the appearance of a black Roman soldier in the detachment building Hadrian's Wall, but in fact there is an ancient account of precisely this – the emperor Septimius Severus (himself in fact an African, from Libya) was inspecting his troops on the Wall when one of the garrison's well-known jokers, an 'Ethiopian', offered him a garland.
The most popular story connected to the region is the ancient account of the Queen of Sheba.
According to ancient accounts, Protogenes spent from 7 to 10 years on this painting.
Will he turn out to have shared a tomb with Cleopatra, as ancient accounts claim?
The Persian slave rowers required squads of armed overseers unavailable for combat, the ancient accounts say.
Their findings accord with ancient accounts of vapours rising from the temple floor.
According to the ancient accounts, Lycambes and his daughters committed suicide, shamed by the poet's fierce mocking.
