Countess Dracula from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the USA as a double-bill with "The Vampire Lovers", and from Carlton in the UK in a box set with "Twins of Evil" and "Vampire Circus". Synapse released a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in the U.S. in 2014, which featured a new high-definition transfer. Countess Dracula Countess Dracula is a 1971 British Hammer horror film based on the legends surrounding the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory. The film was produced by Alexander Paal and directed by Peter Sasdy, both Hungarian émigrés working in England. The original music score was composed by Harry Robertson. "Countess Dracula" was also released on
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