Ptolemaea

About Ptolemaea

'Ptolemaea', originally titled 'Sempervirens', is the ninth track of Ethel Cain's debut album, "Preacher’s Daughter". In the album's narrative, under the influence of Isaiah’s drugs, Ethel begins to hallucinate. She confronts the darkness. The name "Ptolemaea" is based on one of the nine circles of Hell, Cocytus (or Treachery) from "Dante's Inferno", the first part of Dante Alighieri's epic poem "Divine Comedy". It is one of the regions of the circle .

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About this song

Credited to

Ethel Cain

Album

Preacher’s Daughter · Track 9 of 13

Released

May 12, 2022

Duration

6:23

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From the album: Preacher’s Daughter