golden age
1. Classical myth the first and best age of mankind, when existence was happy, prosperous, and innocent
2. the great classical period of Latin literature, occupying approximately the 1st century bc and represented by such writers as Cicero and Virgil
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Golden Age
legendary period under the rule of Cronus when life was easy and blissful for all. [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 33]
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