Net assets per share fell 11.6 per cent to £11.92: a heroic figure the market prefers to slice in half.

A heroic figure among journalists, and a prolific and celebrated author, he wrote 21 books, 15 of which were bestsellers.

Amid the town's congested streets stands a striking statue of a heroic figure brandishing a bow and arrow.

Similarly, films described as epic typically take a historical character, or a mythic heroic figure.

She was excised from the political controversy that surrounded her family and transformed into a heroic figure.