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Golden Age
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The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages, Gold being the
The Golden Age by Pietro da Cortona (Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy)
The Golden Age by Pietro da Cortona (Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy)
The Golden Age (c. 1530) by Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Golden Age (c. 1530) by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Robert Willemsz de Baudous: Golden Age, etching, c. 1598.
Robert Willemsz de Baudous: Golden Age, etching, c. 1598.
Sculpture of Pan teaching Daphnis to play the pipes; c. 100 BCE, found in Pompeii.
Sculpture of Pan teaching Daphnis to play the pipes; c. 100 BCE, found in Pompeii.
Cronus
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos was the leader and youngest of the Titans, the children of Gaia and Uranus. Cronus castrated and overthrew his father and then ruled
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…Hesiod did not mean literally made of gold, but good and noble. In classical Greek mythology, the Golden Age was presided over by the leading Titan Cronus; in Latin authors it was associated with the god Saturn. In some versions of the myth Astraea also ruled. She lived with men until the end of the Silver…
Rhea offers to Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, in place of the newborn Zeus. Red-figure ceramic vase, c. 460–450 BC, Metropolitan Museum
Rhea offers to Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, in place of the newborn Zeus. Red-figure ceramic vase, c. 460–450 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn [Cronus], 16th-century oil painting by Giorgio Vasari
The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn [Cronus], 16th-century oil painting by Giorgio Vasari
Cronus devouring one of his sons, 17th-century oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Cronus devouring one of his sons, 17th-century oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Rhea giving the rock to Cronus, 19th-century painted frieze by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Rhea giving the rock to Cronus, 19th-century painted frieze by Karl Friedrich Schinkel