Underworld (film series) the story, is described has having a habit similar to real-life historical Sanguinarian figure, Elizabeth Báthory the "Blood Countess", of often indulging in baths of blood, believing it to enhance her beauty (""The aroma of so much fresh blood was intoxicating. Sonja tried to imagine what it would be like to bathe in such a tub; her skin tingled beneath her gown. It was said that Amelia herself sometimes indulged in such luxurious ablutions in order to enhance her beauty"", "Blood Enemy" novelization, chapter 8). Erika is portrayed by Sophia Myles. She is a character in the "Underworld" film series
Women in Classical Athens dead girls in classical Athens often portrayed them dressed as brides, and were sometimes shaped like "loutrophoroi" (vases which held water used to bathe before the wedding day). Athenian girls were not formally educated; instead, their mothers taught them the domestic skills necessary for running a household. Formal education for boys consisted of rhetoric, necessary for effective political participation, and physical education in preparation for military service. These skills were not considered necessary for women, who were barred from learning them. Classical art indicates that girls and boys played with toys such as spinning tops, hoops, and seesaws, and played