Golden Age

See also: golden age

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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.

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