Texter om den antika grekiska föreställningen om den forna guldåldern
Historiefilosofi om guldåldern: Tore Frängsmyrs bok "Framsteg eller förfall: Framtidsbilder och utopier i västerländsk tanketradition. 1980
"[Men] lived like gods without sorrow of heart, remote and free from toil and grief: miserable age rested not on them; but with legs and arms never failing they made merry with feasting beyond the reach of all devils. When they died, it was as though they were overcome with sleep, and they had all good things; for the fruitful earth unforced bare them fruit abundantly and without stint. They dwelt in ease and peace."
(Hesiodos i boken Works and Days (109–126))
INTRODUCTION to IDYLLIC LANDSCAPES IN ANTIQUITY: THE GOLDEN AGE, ARCADIA, AND THE LOCUS AMOENUS, av PATRICIA A. JOHNSTON – SOPHIA PAPAIOANNOU, 2013
Eat the past: the "paleo diet" in the golden age of antiquity, av Carol Atack
Platon and the Golden Age. Artikel av John Dillon 1992
"Greek mythology describes the Golden Age of man as a time of limitless peace, prosperity and harmony among all things — gods, man, and nature. Mankind lived among the gods, and the world is described as being in a state of eternal spring in which men lived in ease and comfort.
During this first age food was abundant, and men could gather it with ease, never laboring to feed themselves. They lived well into old age and maintained their youthful appearances throughout the duration of their lives. When death finally came, it was peaceful, and men’s spirits remained present on Earth, continuing on as guardians of the living."
(From the article "What is the Golden Age of Greek Mythology", by GreekBoston.com)
