1. The term Golden Age come from Greek mythology and legend and refers to the first in a sequence of four or five Ages of Man, in which the Golden Age is first, following in sequence, by the silver, Bronze, Heroic, and then the present, which is a period of decline.
2. By extension "Golden Age" denotes a period of primordial peace, harmony, stability, and prosperity.
3. During this age peace and harmony prevailed, humans did not have to work to feed themselves, for the earth provided food in abundance.
4. They lived to a very old age with a youth appearance, eventually dying peacefully, with spirits living on as "guardians".
5. Plato in Cratylus recounts the golden race of humans who came first.
6. He clarifies the Hesiod did not mean literally made of god, but good an noble.
7. There are analogous concepts in the religious and philosophical traditions of the South Asian subcontinent.
8. For example, the Vedic or ancient Hindu culture saw history as cyclical, composed of yugas with alternating Dark and Golden Ages.
9. The Kali yuga, Dwapara, Treta yuga and Satya yuga corresponded to the four Greek ages.
10. Similar beliefs occur in the ancient Middle East and throughout the ancient world, as well.
2. By extension "Golden Age" denotes a period of primordial peace, harmony, stability, and prosperity.
3. During this age peace and harmony prevailed, humans did not have to work to feed themselves, for the earth provided food in abundance.
4. They lived to a very old age with a youth appearance, eventually dying peacefully, with spirits living on as "guardians".
5. Plato in Cratylus recounts the golden race of humans who came first.
6. He clarifies the Hesiod did not mean literally made of god, but good an noble.
7. There are analogous concepts in the religious and philosophical traditions of the South Asian subcontinent.
8. For example, the Vedic or ancient Hindu culture saw history as cyclical, composed of yugas with alternating Dark and Golden Ages.
9. The Kali yuga, Dwapara, Treta yuga and Satya yuga corresponded to the four Greek ages.
10. Similar beliefs occur in the ancient Middle East and throughout the ancient world, as well.