| 1. | Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness. |
| 2. | (usually initial capital letters ) a period in Latin literature, a.d. c14–138, following the Augustan Age: the second phase of classical Latin. Compare golden age (def. 3). |
| silver age n. A period of history secondary in achievement to that of a golden age. |