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golden age
noun
1.
the most flourishing period in the history of a nation, literature, etc.
2.
Classical Mythology. the first and best of the four ages of humankind; an era of peace and innocence that finally yielded to the silver age.
3.
(usually initial capital letters) a period in Latin literature, 70 b.c. to a.d. 14, in which Cicero, Catullus, Horace, Vergil, Ovid, and others wrote; the first phase of classical Latin. Compare silver age (def. 2).
4.
the period in life after middle age, traditionally characterized by wisdom, contentment, and useful leisure.
5.
the age at which a person normally retires.
Origin:
1545–55
1545–55
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Golden Age
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| the third of the four ages of the human race, marked by war and violence regarded as inferior to the silver age but superior to the following iron age |
| a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros |
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World English Dictionary
| golden age | |
| —n | |
| 1. | classical myth the first and best age of mankind, when existence was happy, prosperous, and innocent |
| 2. | the most flourishing and outstanding period, esp in the history of an art or nation: the golden age of poetry |
| 3. | the great classical period of Latin literature, occupying approximately the 1st century |
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golden age
A period of prosperity or excellent achievement, as in Some consider the baroque period the golden age of choral music. The expression dates from the mid-1500s, when it was first applied to a period of classical Latin poetry.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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