Heroic Age

proper noun

One of the five Ages of Man, the period at which semidivine and human heroes are purported to have lived, between the arrival of the Greeks to Thessaly and the Greek return from Troy.

Meanings

proper nounthe Heroic Age
  1. human sciencesOne of the five Ages of Man, the period at which semidivine and human heroes are purported to have lived, between the arrival of the Greeks to Thessaly and the Greek return from Troy.
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