The phrase "ancient figure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a person or character from a distant past, often in historical or mythological contexts.
Example: "The ancient figure of Hercules has been a symbol of strength and heroism for centuries."
Alternatives: "historical figure" or "mythical figure".
He was an ancient figure, with white hair, pasty skin, and fat fingers.
The eyes of ancient figure sculpture, for example, were sometimes inlaid with stones.
Although the film is entirely fictional, it is loosely based on the legend of an actual ancient figure.
Centuries later Ptolemy's Almagest still described the stars of Libra with respect to the ancient figure of the scorpion.
The likeliest suspect is a "sin eater," an ancient figure who absolves unforgivable sins, killing the sinner in the process and handily allowing great evil to go unpunished.
Orwell was to regard his father as a remote and ancient figure; his father in turn found his son's literary obsessions baffling.
Other traditions even more radically reinterpreted the ancient figures.
Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari, who was minister of Islamic affairs for the Maldives until last week, said that the country's laws specifically exempt ancient figures from the regulations governing idols.
Among Greek critics' greatest grievances is the theft of ancient figures, not least the Macedonian hero, Alexander the Great, by the Balkan state.
The ancient figures wear their tresses in intricate, subtly individualised arrangements of curls and wraparound plaits, each anchored by a thick fishtail braid dangling down the back.
Two particularly interesting stores are Silvia Obilinovic (Stall 2; 56-2-231-7006), brimming with ancient figures of Andean gods and Mesoamerican jewelry, and Bruce (Stall 17; 56-2-234-3732), a virtual pirate's cave of antique South American silverware.
