swan-songs
Final creative works
Swan-songs are final performances, works, or acts before death, retirement, or the end of something.
The term comes from an ancient belief that swans sing beautifully just before dying.
A politician's last speech, an athlete's final game, or an artist's concluding album might all be called swan-songs: The album turned out to be her swan-song—she died the following year.
Leave-taking expression
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- opusNumbered artistic creation
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
legacy · culmination · valediction · retrospective · tribute · curtain call · last performance · goodbye
Leaving the workforce permanently
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- departureAct of going away
- farewell concertFinal performance before departure
- closing chapterFinal portion of something
stepping down · bowing out · signing off · leaving · transition · handover · succession · exit
Dying person's resting place
- final wordsTerminal utterance before death
- last breathFinal exhale before death
- dying wishPlea made near death
- terminalAt the endpoint
end of life · passing · decline · twilight years · final days · fading · waning · expiring
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- opusNumbered artistic creation
magnum opus · legacy · culmination · valediction · retrospective · tribute · curtain call · last performance · goodbye · capstone
retirement
Leaving the workforce permanently
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- departureAct of going away
- farewell concertFinal performance before departure
closing chapter · stepping down · bowing out · signing off · leaving · transition · handover · succession · exit
deathbed
Dying person's resting place
- final wordsTerminal utterance before death
- last breathFinal exhale before death
- dying wishPlea made near death
terminal · end of life · passing · decline · twilight years · final days · fading · waning · expiring · departing
Zeus
Greek sky god
transformation · beauty · grace · legend · classical · poetic · romantic · symbolism · elegance · white feathers
swan-songsdebuts
Initial public appearances
maiden voyages · coming-out parties · early works · trial runs · pilot episodes
swan-songsbirths
Acts of being born
beginnings · arrivals · dawns · emergences · inceptions
swan-songsdebuts
Initial public appearances
breakthroughs · entrances · arrivals · coming-out parties · introductions