Golden Age of Ethras

Definition

The Golden Age of Ethras is a historical label for a classical era in which the city‑state of Ethras is remembered as the center of a theoric flowering. The term is invoked as a benchmark for particularly harmonious interplay between the mathic community and the outside world.

Context and Usage

• In present accounts, while describing a later period of salons and practical dynamics, a speaker notes that the relationship between avout and Sæculars then was the most harmonious seen since the Golden Age of Ethras. This use frames the phrase as a yardstick for avout–Sæculum cooperation rather than a precisely dated epoch.
• The label echoes traditions that place Ethras at the heart of a theoric golden age, though exact boundaries and institutions included under the term are not specified.

Related Terms

• Ethras — the ancient city‑state associated with this classical “golden age.”
• Praxic Age — later era often cited when discussing avout–Sæculum interactions and salons.
• Avout — members of the mathic community whose relations with outsiders are commonly contrasted to this benchmark.
• Saecular — people of the Saeculum; the term is used when comparing periods of closer contact with avout.
• Old Mathic Age — a period label from mathic histories sometimes contrasted with later eras.

Notes

• The narrative to date has not provided dates or formal periodization for the Golden Age of Ethras.
• The phrase appears to function descriptively, preserving a sense of an earlier pinnacle rather than naming an official historiographical era.