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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

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golden age
n.

A period of great peace, prosperity, and happiness.
Greek & Roman Mythology The first age of the world, an untroubled and prosperous era during which people lived in ideal happiness.

golden age
noun
1.	a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak; "it was the golden age of cinema"
2.	any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness
3.	(classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period