1. (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period

1. Any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness
   "Many consider the 1950s to be the golden age of American television"
    
2. A time period when some activity or skill was at its peak
   "it was the golden age of cinema"

Derived forms: golden ages

Type of: age, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, historic period, peak, period, period of time, prime, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Golden Age