Golden Age

See also: golden age

English

Alternative forms

• golden age

Proper noun

Golden Age

1. (mythology) The oldest and best of the Classical Ages of Man, when people lived innocent lives of happiness and prosperity.
2. Any previous period similarly viewed as superior to the present.
   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 137:

     The tradition of a "Golden Age" is widespread over the world, and it is not necessary to go at any length into the story of the Garden of Eden and the other legends which in almost every country illustrate this tradition.

Coordinate terms

• (mythology): Silver Age, Bronze Age, Heroic Age, Iron Age

Further reading

• Golden Age on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ages of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia