brazen age

Noun

the brazen age (singulare tantum)

1. (singular, singular-only) The third of the four mythological ages of mankind, said to come between the silver and the iron age.
   • These last bear some resemblance to the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages of the Greeks.1841, Elphinstone, Hist. India, volume I, page 257
2. (Greek, singular, singular-only) The middle Koine chronolect of the Greek language, C.E. c. 1–c. 300.
   • With respect to purity, the Greek, like any other dead language, may be said to have seen four different ages; the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages. The writers of the silver and brazen ages are often called the later Greek writers, and their language the later Greek.1855, Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles, A Greek Grammar, for the Use of Schools and Colleges, a new edition, Hartford: William James Hamersley, Introduction, pages 5–6
   • Brazen Age. — From A. D. 1 to about A. D. 300.〃, page 7