golden ages

Noun

golden age (plural golden ages)

1. (idiomatic) A period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress.
   • The first half of this century has been referred to as the golden age of medicine. To me it seems more probable that we are on the threshold of a much greater age.1951 March, John W. Cline, “The Future of Medicine”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 165

   Synonyms:

   golden era

2. The Golden Age.
   • But in a study of Sumerian and Akkadian sources, Chen has shown that, although the motif of a lost golden age is very old in Mesopotamian literature, its termination in a flood is securely attested only from the second millennium B.C.E.2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 16

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