Golden age

Golden age is a name given to a period in a field of endeavour where great tasks were accomplished. The term originated from early Greek and Roman poets who used to refer to a time when mankind lived in a utopia and was pure.

Within sequences or cycles of eras, the golden age stands alongside the silver age[?] and the iron age, and conditions can improve or decline according to one's conception of mythic progression.

Common Golden ages include:

• Golden age of Latin literature[?], the period in Latin literature between Cicero and Ovid.
• Golden age of Swordplay[?], period of Sword skills between 16th and 18th century.
• Dutch Golden Age, 17th century
• The Golden Age of the British whodunit
• The Golden Age of Radio
• Golden Age of Comic Books, period between 1938 and 1945.
• The Golden Age of Hollywood animation
• Golden age of science fiction[?], period between the 1930s and 1950s.

See also millennialism.