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Maybe you’re thinking of a “gilded age” in the sense of Twain. The Golden Age of Hesiod and Ovid was defined by peace and justice amongst a golden race. It’s ab
by junofan 3y ago
Maybe you’re thinking of a “gilded age” in the sense of Twain. The Golden Age of Hesiod and Ovid was defined by peace and justice amongst a golden race. It’s about ideals and peace rather than material prosperity. The metals debase from gold to silver to bronze to iron as conflict increases and the social contract breaks.
- Emma_Goldman 3y ago'Golden age' is typically used to mean a historic age of comparative greatness from which society has since fallen. See the idiomatic vs. the mythological meaning on Wiktionary: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/golden_age https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/golden_age