What is the Ages of Man?
Q: What is the Ages of Man?
A: The Ages of Man is an Ancient Greek myth that divides the history of the world into five eras.
Q: Who wrote about the Ages of Man first?
A: The Ages of Man was first written down by Greek poet Hesiod, about 2700 years ago.
Q: What happened in the Golden Age?
A: In the Golden Age, humans lived together with gods in peace and were ruled by Kronos. There were also demons who were good and helped people.
Q: What happened in the Silver Age?
A: In the Silver Age, humans lived for one hundred years as children and fought each other when they became adults. They refused to worship Zeus so he killed them all.
Q: What happened in the Bronze Age?
A: In the Bronze Age, humans fought each other all time and have been killed in their own wars.
Q: Who lived during Heroic Age?
A: During Heroic Age demigods and heroes lived among humans such as Perseus, Heracles, and Argonauts. It ended after Trojan War.
Q: What happened in Iron age?
A:In Iron age gods and other supernatural beings abandoned humans which caused them to forget their virtues and live in misery. This was also when Hesiod himself lived
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