His reason for joining the Joestar Group is for both fighting evil, as he mirrors Jotaro's own explanations for saving his life, and of course a sense of debt toward Jotaro for saving his life. His own ability to see stands led to a lonely childhood where he felt nobody could understand him, becoming depressive and cold. In a flashback, his mother reveals that he was quiet and disassociated from his peers, turning away anyone who tries to approach him. He possesses a manipulative charisma in front of potential enemies, seen with Jotaro during their first meeting, the stewardesses before Tower of Grey, and the beggars during his encounter with J. Kakyoin is brutally ruthless with his enemies but endlessly loyal to his companions. However, he reveals himself as a righteous, though blunt individual. Thus he remorselessly attacks unrelated civilians and adopts a might makes right mindset. Noriaki Kakyoin is first introduced as an evil and cruel teenager because of DIO's brainwashing. (Green uniform with golden accessories, cherry-colored earrings, brown shoes) ![]() In his character cover for Jojonium, he is seen with light pink hair and a black uniform. Later, Kakyoin acquires two thin scars vertically crossing both eyes which he often hides with a pair of dark sunglasses. He is also referred to as beautiful upon arriving in India by a man trying to sell him a tattoo. Some of Jotaro's own admirers commented on his appearance, and during the Tower of Gray encounter, he swooned two female stewardesses. He is attractive and has captured the attention of several women. Strangely, the side the bang hangs at is inconsistent, changing depending on the way he's facing. Kakyoin keeps his red hair styled fluffed up in the back and longer around the nape of his neck, characterized by a large, twisting bang hanging to the side of his face. He is always seen wearing cherry earrings. After he rejoins the rest of the group, he wears black sunglasses over his twin scars. In the anime, he wears the pajamas when admitted to the hospital, along with bandages wrapped around his eyes. He is also shown wearing striped pajamas during his initial encounter with Death Thirteen. His primary outfit is a proper, trench coat-length, green gakuran/tsume-eri W with gold accents and dress shoes typical for Japanese high schoolers. Kakyoin is a young man of average to above-average height and fit to slender build. ![]() 9.3 Heritage for the Future (PS1/DC/Arcade).Kakyoin is a Stand User and wields the long-ranged Hierophant Green. After being freed from DIO's influence, he decides to join Jotaro on his quest to Egypt to save Jotaro's mother and find redemption. Noriaki Kakyoin ( 花京院典明, Kakyōin Noriaki) is a core ally in Stardust Crusaders and a Japanese student who was brainwashed by DIO during an earlier trip to Egypt and is sent to kill Jotaro Kujo. ![]() no one can just deflect the emerald splash! Xadi Mouslemeni Mateu (European Spanish Dub) Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Latin Spanish Dub) Pierre-François Pistorio (French Dub) Diego Sabre (Italian Dub) TV Anime: Kyle Hebert W (English Dub) Shō Hayami W ( Drama CD) Hirotaka Suzuoki W ( OVA) Mitsuaki Madono W ( Arcade) Kōji Yusa W ( All Star Battle) Daisuke Hirakawa W ( Anime, Eyes Of Heaven, Last Survivor, All Star Battle R) Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin Japanese Voice Actor
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![]() The nFD 2.0/35 shows significant vignetting wide open, which is reduced a lot by stopping down once. Winner: 2.8/35 2nd/ 3rd : 2.0/35 (play in the focusing ring) / TS 2.8/35 (size and weight) This is a matter of taste – for me, full stops are enough. The aperture ring of the 2.8/35 and the 2.0/35 has half stops while the aperture ring of the 2.8/35 TS has only full stops. The high weight could be an issue with the plastic bayonet A7/A7R but it didn’t impress the A7II. Mounting the 2.8/35 TS takes more time (like with all the FD lenses with breechlock) and the lens is much heavier so you think twice about taking it with you. The Handling of the 2.8/35 and the 2.0/35 is very pleasant due to the light weight and the easy unlock mechanism. The aperture ring feels very well defined and the focusing ring has zero play. Mechanically, it is one step ahead of the other two 35mm lenses. Both copies of the 2.0/35 have play in the focus ring.Īpart from the focus-play-issue, the 2.0/35 feels just like the 2.8/35. I had I have the impression, that the issue affects. I have owned copies of the 2.0/28 and the 4/200 Macro and the corner performance was horrible on both of them. Many FD lenses with floating Elements (2.0/24, 2.0/28, 2.0/35, nFD 4/200 Macro) are concerned by this phenomenon. ![]() ![]() It is possible that the performance can be further improved if the bearings get renewed although this means a lot of work. Therefore, I am convinced that the result shows what can be expected when the lens is bought today. The rubber finish around the bearings is dissolving over the years which leads to varying lens performance and also to degradation in image qualiy. To double-check the results, I bought two samples of the 2.0/35 which showed virtually identical performance. The nFD 2.0/35 is known for having problems with the bearings. The positive aspect of that is the very low weight of the nFD lenses. Nothing to worry about, but the aperture ring feels a little dull and the used materials are less worthy. Compared to Contax or Olympus lenses, the build quality is one or two steps behind. The nFD 2.8/35 shows the normal nFD-build quality. The tilt-shift lens is by far the largest and heaviest lens, the difference between the 2.8/35 and the 2.0/35 is not that that big, although apparent. The difference in size and weight between the lenses shows dramatically on the spec sheet. I treat the FD TS 35mm f/2.8 S.S.C as a normal lens and do not analyze it’s tilt-shift functionality. This comparison is about the new FD 35mm f/2.8 ( In-depth review), new FD 35mm f/2.0 and the FD TS 35mm f/2.8 S.S.C. Canon FD 35mm f/2.8 TS (Tilt-Shift): Avialable in FD and new FD mount.Canon nFD 35mm f/2.8: Only avialable in new FD mount.Canon nFD 35mm f/2.0: much smaller and lighter than the FD 35mm lenses.Optical Design II: Doesn’t use thoriated elements, convex front element, Serial number >100000 Optical Design I: Uses radioactive thoriated elements and has a concave front element. There are at least six different 35mm lenses for Canon FD: I’ll start that comparison with a closer look at the FD 35mm lens family because otherwise this can be a bit confusing. Since I was wondering, which of the nFD versions is optically the best I ran an extensive comparison and compared them in the most relevant categories. Out there in the web, there is little information about the performance of the different Canon FD 35mm lenses and that is of varying quality. ![]() If you want to report any bugs or request new features please use our tracker. It is free for private and commercial use. Nomacs is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 and available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac, and OS/2. With this feature you can easily compare images by zooming and/or panning at the exactly same position or even by overlaying them with different opacity. A unique feature of nomacs is the synchronization of multiple instances. It has a pseudo color function which allows creating false color images. Nomacs includes image manipulation methods for adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, gamma, exposure. Activating the cache allows for instantly switching between images. Within a directory you can apply a file filter, so that only images are displayed whose filenames have a certain string or match a regular expression. A thumbnail preview of the current folder is included as well as a file explorer panel which allows switching between folders. Metadata stored with the image can be displayed and you can add notes to images. Other supported formats might be added in the future, to check the updated list, please visit this page. It offers support for PDF, Postscript, DVI, Multi-Page TIFF and DjVu. It is able to browse images in zip or MS Office files which can be extracted to a directory. Evince is a free, open source document viewer designed to replace the other document viewers from GNOME Desktop. Nomacs features semi-transparent widgets that display additional information such as thumbnails, metadata or histogram. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images. SOMC will also send you an email titled, “Invitation to join Southern Ohio Medical Center’s image sharing network.” This email will contain instructions on how to set up your Nuance PowerShare Network Account.Nomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. Once accepted you will be able to request images.I hereby electronically sign a HIPPA release.Check the box for the acknowledgement of the following:.Once you see Southern Ohio Medical Center out to the right Click on the Invite and another box will then appear.Under the Optional type in the following:.Under the Required Category select Hospital/Imaging Facilities.On the Desktop ribbon, choose Open (or choose Open in the shortcut menu) Double-click a PDF item Drag a PDF item and drop it onto PDF Viewer Plus icon in the Send To bar. ![]() Once signed back in, you will need to add Southern Ohio Medical Center as a contact Click the PaperPort button, choose Open from the drop-down list and choose a PDF.Go to your personal email to confirm the registration.Follow the instructions, making sure to check all the boxes for Terms & Conditions along with HIPPA at the bottom of the page before clicking “Continue” You will use this to log into your account in a few moments. Create and complete your patient profile, making sure to note the email and password you choose.You can to create your own profile by navigating to the Nuance PowerShare home page, then click on Register.Nuance PowerShare App is available for apple & android.SOMC has a 24 business hour response to send your images to your account.You can also request them Monday – Friday from 8am to 4:30pm by contacting: You can view your images via Nuance PowerShare Request Images.The access you grant to others can be revoked at any time. Your medical records will never be accessible to anyone, except for people who you have specified. ![]() This information will never be disclosed or used without your consent. How to Access Your Images and Start a Powershare Account. When using your account, all internet communication between your web browser and the PowerShare network is securely encrypted to ensure that no one can see your medical information. 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XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted. One threat model is a victim who obtains an untrusted crafted file from a remote location and issues several user-defined commands including Ctrl-+ commands. STDU Viewer version 1.6.375 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute code via a crafted file. XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted JPEG 2000 file that is mishandled during the opening of a directory in "Browser" mode, because of a "Stack Buffer Overrun" issue. One threat model is a victim who obtains an untrusted crafted file from a remote location and issues several user-defined commands. Notepad++ 7.3.3 (32-bit) with Hex Editor Plugin v0.9.5 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute code via a crafted file, because of a "Data from Faulting Address controls Code Flow" issue. It allows user-assisted attackers to inject arbitrary commands within pasted content.ĬKEditor 4.x before 4.11.0 allows user-assisted XSS involving a source-mode paste. ![]() ![]() The issue involves the Bracketed Paste Mode of the "Terminal" component. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android-9 Android-10Android ID: A-120551338Īn issue was discovered in certain Apple products. This could lead to remote code execution in an unprivileged process with no additional execution privileges needed. ![]() In generate_jsimd_ycc_rgb_convert_neon of jsimd_arm64_neon.S, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. Stack-based buffer overflow in Free MP3 CD Ripper 2.6, when converting a file, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted. Mattermost 5.38 and earlier fails to sufficiently sanitize clipboard contents, which allows a user-assisted attacker to inject arbitrary web script in product deployments that explicitly disable the default CSP.Ī format string vulnerability in mpv through 0.33.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to achieve code execution via a crafted m3u playlist file. Her shoe size is 8 (UK) and her body estimates are 33-22-35. She is 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm) tall and weighs approximately 50 kg. How tall is Faith Schroder? She has stunning blue eyes and light hair. There is no data on her past hookups, exes or her past engagements. Who is Faith Schroder dating? She has been dating Ethan Perez since around 2018. In addition, she contributes money from her YouTube channel and other virtual entertainment accounts. ![]() She earns enough to pay the rent for her acting and exhibiting professions. However, her amazing works have helped her to benefit followers and fans. She has not earned any honors or designations. How much does Faith Schroder earn? In 2014, she won the annual Debby Allen Dance Battle. Holden Richard Schroder, Luke William Schroder, Cambrie Schroder Model, Actress, Dancer, Social Media Influencer She hasn’t discovered anything on the instructional basis of it. Her sister is the pioneer behind the dance group Fit With Cambrie. She has two brothers, Holden Richard Schroder and Luke William Schroder, and a sister, Cambrie Schroder. Her parents separated in 2017, but they remain old friends. Her parents are both artists and she is the niece of Dawn Gregg. Andrea Bernard Schroder, entertainer and financial director is her mother. Ricky Schroder, who appeared on Silver Spoons and NYPD Blue, is her father. Her zodiac sign is Leo and she is a passionate Christian. She is also called Faith Anne Schroder and she is of American identity. She, on the other hand, does not have a Facebook account.Confidence Schroder was born on Augin Los Angeles, California, USA. Her Instagram account (faithschroder) has over 293k followers, and she has 1.8k followers on Twitter Faith Schroder has her own YouTube channel (Faith Schroder) with 17.3k followers. Faith is also a social media phenomenon, therefore she maintains a high level of activity on her social media sites to keep her admirers informed. Her physical measurements are 33-22-35 and she wears a UK size 8 shoe (breast-waist-hips). She is 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm) tall and weighs about 50 kg. Her blue eyes and golden hair are stunning. ![]() She also makes money from her YouTube channel and other social media sites. Her acting and modeling careers bring in a decent sum of money for her. Her great efforts, on the other hand, have helped her attract followers and admirers. She has not received any prizes or nominations as a result of this. In 2014, she took first place in the Debby Allen Annual Dance Battle competition. She often discusses her modeling experiences in her YouTube broadcasts. On November 15, 2015, she launched her YouTube account (Faith Schroder). She has been concentrating on her modeling career since then. In addition, she was named “Frankies Girl of the Month” in the same year. Her Instagram followers expanded in tandem with her success. She began modeling for ‘Frankies Bikinis’ in 2017. Elite Models LA has taken her on as a major client. Faith was signed by Elle Modeling Management in Los Angeles. After that, reporters and cameras followed her around asking for a description, so she confessed it and disclosed personal information.įor her, 2017 marks a watershed moment in her life. Faith’s parents’ divorce was shown in the program as a source of trouble and drama. The program was a smash, and a second season was ordered. ![]() Lifetime’s “Growing Up Supermodel” debuted on Augand finished on September 20, 2017. She appeared on the program with her mother, sister, and other celebrities such as Kelly Le Brock, Krista Allen, and others. Similarly, she rose to even greater prominence after appearing on the television program Growing Up Supermodel. ![]() She was soon cast as Jordan in the episode “Switch It Up.” In 2013, she also appeared on major programs such as “Home & Family” and “Good Day LA.” Following that, she exhibited an interest in acting, and many producers contacted her for tryouts. Her first commercial photograph was taken for the brand ‘Elle Italy.’ After meeting the show’s creators at actress Bella Thorne’s 16th birthday party in 2013, she was cast in the hit Disney Channel series Shake It Up. Professionįaith has been working in the glamour industry since she was nine years old, when she completed her first modeling session for Elle Italy. She hasn’t revealed anything about her educational history. Fit With Cambrie, her sister’s dance team, was founded by her sister. Holden Richard Schroder and Luke William Schroder are two of her brothers, while Cambrie Schroder is her sister. Despite the fact that her parents split in 2017, they remain close friends. Her parents both work in Hollywood, and she is Dawn Gregg’s niece. ![]() Wizard puts the consumer experience first, which creates higher value for the brand. It’s all about enabling the consumer to purchase via text and bypass the web entirely. Text marketing has historically been about spamming the consumer with one-way promotional texts and links back to a brand’s website to purchase. Wizard helps brands capture conversion rates of 30 percent, which is ten times higher than web-based e-commerce, and repeat purchase rates over 50 percent, all via text. Wizard’s technology enables brands to transact with their consumers via text, using both automation and humans to drive two-way conversations around products, recommendations, payments, and orders. Brands of all sizes are focused on how to get people to buy on mobile, where conversion rates are half of that on desktop. Wizard is excited to revolutionize mobile shopping by enabling consumers to shop via text and bypass the web entirely.įB: What are some of the latest tech trends in commerce? How is Wizard disrupting the SMS marketing space? Texting has become the easiest way for us to communicate and engage (do you call your friends to make plans or text them?), and texting is about to become the easiest way to shop and transact. ![]() Today, consumers are now messaging more than they’re on websites, spending three hours per day messaging and sending more than 100 texts per day. Twenty years ago, consumers started spending time online surfing websites, so brands followed and opened “stores online” (a novel concept back then!). That’s exactly what inspired me to start Wizard.įor me, that pain point was when I was living in New York City, working crazy hours in finance, and realizing that I was already using text messages to communicate with my Uber driver, Postmates person, and Instacart grocery shopper - yet there was no way to use text to buy all the things for myself, my home, and my life.Ĭommerce has, and always will, follow consumer behavior. Melissa Bridgeford: The best way to start a company is to solve a pain point for yourself and you’re probably solving it for other people. We caught up with her to learn more about the platform, why conversational commerce is the future of retail, and more.įorceBrands: Tell us first about your background and what inspired you to create Wizard. And it also helps brands create better products through real-time customer feedback and live insights.” “This helps to drive brands’ sales by enabling more targeted marketing, behavioral triggers, and smarter recommendations. ![]() Wizard provides brands with rich data about their customers’ orders, preferences, behaviors, and insights,” the platform’s CEO and co-founder Bridgeford said. “The value of text commerce is not just in sales but in data and knowledge. While this might sound simple enough, businesses that connect with consumers via text messages are often missing one critical piece to the SMS messaging puzzle: engagement.Įnter Wizard, a powerful conversational commerce solution - co-founded by Marc Lore and Melissa Bridgeford - that’s revolutionizing mobile shopping. Today’s consumer brands that aspire to get in front of their customers must be mobile-first. ![]() What’s the default baseline for FontForge in Photoshop? You can adjust this easily after glyph import (and may need to, anyway, after testing the font). If the glyph can be drawn starting at a point all the way on the left, then Xvalue will be the default LeftBearing that FontForge uses. Which is the default font font for FontForge? The Em Size should remain at 1000 (as that is the height in SVG units) When drawing the glyph, it is common to use relative coordinates. Go to Element > Font Info and in the General menu, place the ascender value in the “Ascent” input and the decender in the “Descent” menu. Provide details and share your research! But avoid … Where do I put the ascender value in FontForge? Thanks for contributing an answer to Graphic Design Stack Exchange! Please be sure to answer the question. I tried to hold the Alt or Shift or Ctrl but anyway I accidently change the aspect ratio of letter when I only need to increase size. How to increase font size with Font Forge? Use the Element -> Glyph Info dialog to name the glyph and mark it as a ligature. This makes it slightly easier (at least in latin) to design a ligature. Adjust the character point size to indicate when Word should start adjusting kerning.įontForge cannot create a nice ligature for you, but what it can do is put all the components of the ligature into the glyph with Element->Build->Build Composite.Click on the Kerning for Fonts check box.In Word 2007 make sure the Character Spacing tab is selected.Select the text whose kerning you want to adjust.In the Spacing box, click Expanded or Condensed, and then specify how much space you want in the By box.On the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Advanced tab.Select the text that you want to change.How do I change the spacing between fonts? go to Encoding -> Detach & Remove Glyphs, confirm the question. ![]() on the pop up selection window chose Cyrillic from the drop down menu.go to Edit -> Select -> Select By Script.start FontForge and open your ttf font file.To rotate a selection, highlight the selection, click on the tool button, and while pressing the left mouse button, move the pointer up (or down) until you have the required rotation. How do I compress the font size?įontSquirrel’s Webfont generator makes it very easy to reduce a font’s filesize. FontForge will add the same number of slots at the very end of the font, and you will be moved there in the font chart. Select Encoding > Add Encoding Slots and enter the number of the glyphs you want - in this case, 3. Note the values that FontForge has listed for Ascent and Descent. Open this window by choosing Font Info from the “Element” menu, then click on the General tab. In FontForge, you can set and adjust your font project’s line spacing from within the Font Info window. How do I change the spacing in FontForge? It should now render them 20% larger (or whatever you choose). ![]()
Its all-in-one device is practical in size and simple to set up, and the service is very users friendly ( see video). Highfive is a new video conferencing provider that looks promising and could have a lot of potential to disrupt the likes of Cisco and Polycom. Existing investors Benchmark, Index, Greylock, Redpoint, Vulcan, Shasta and Workday also participated in the round. The new round of $155 million values Zuora just below $1 billion and was led by Wellington, Blackrock, Premji and Passport Capital. Box.net and Hubspot were among its earlier customers, while Honeywell, General Motors and NCR are more recent ones. In 2014, Zuora’s contract ticket growth was 43% and customer satisfaction rate increased from 95% to 96%. Founded in 2007 by Salesforce’s first Chief Marketing Officer Tien Tzuo, Zuora is now on a $100 million revenue run-rate and is a possible IPO candidate for the next 12-18 months. 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Viber is one of the largest and fastest growing communication apps, with well over 600 million total users worldwide. “It’s a natural combination between messaging apps and shared riding,” said Rakuten’s CEO Hiroshi Mikitani. The Japanese e-commerce giant is also looking to potentially integrate Lyft with its messaging app Viber, which it acquired for $900 million a year ago. Lead investor Rakuten paid $300 million for a 11.9% stake, valuing Lyft at $2.5 billion. With $530 million more in the bank, and $2.5 million coming from our own GSV Capital, ride sharing provider Lyft can now focus on expanding into new cities as well as to grow its Lyft Line product which lets passengers share rides with others going the same route, and which is price competitive with public transportation. 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Like the satyrs and other rustic gods, she maintained some of the animalistic attributes of early shamanic religions.ĭescriptions of a cult statue of Demeter in the cave she supposedly hid in show the more primitive and animalistic nature of her worship in Arcadia. Their view of Demeter as a goddess of nature who combined human and animal traits was likely a result of this archaic belief system. Their religion was more rustic and primitive than the noble, law-based views prevalent in places like Athens. It is believed that many of their practices were influenced by both the first Greek-speaking people to enter the region and the indigenous pre-Greek cultures they encountered.Īrcadia was a relatively isolated area, so their mythology incorporated fewer outside sources than those of their neighbors. The local religion of Arcadia is believed by many historians to represent some of the oldest beliefs in the Peloponnesian area. Historians have used the information available from archaeology, surviving writings, and comparative mythology to piece together why the Arcadians worshiped Demeter and Poseidon’s daughter. The mystery cults promoted her worship, but the general populace also recognized her as an important local figure.ĭespite this, almost nothing is known about Despoina’s role in the area’s religion. Despoina was a goddess.ĭespoina was an important goddess in Arcadia, perhaps even their central female deity. Their son Arion was an immortal horse, often shown with a black mane and tail. ![]() The earth recovered and she allowed grains to grow once more.Īs a result of her assault by Poseidon, Demeter bore two children. As plants died, livestock starved and eventually the world’s human population faced mass starvation.ĭemeter eventually emerged and washed away her grief and anger in the River Ladon. That story, too, included crop failures as a part of the goddess’s mourning, so the causes were combined by non-Arcadian writers like Pausanias.ĭressed all in black, Demeter spent months hidden in the cave. Later writers claimed that Poseidon’s attack had occurred while Demeter was searching for Persephone. In her anger, she did not care about the greater repercussions of this. She retreated into a cave to ritually purify herself. Poseidon soon found her and she had no way to escape.ĭemeter was furious at the assault. She disguised herself among the king’s mares, hoping to evade her brother’s advances.Įven in such a disguise, however, Demeter could not hide her divinity. In an attempt to hide herself, Demeter hid among the herd of horses that belonged to a local king. She resisted his advances, however, and fled to Arcadia to avoid him. The legend said that, just as Zeus had once desired his sister, Poseidon wished to make Demeter his lover. She was the half-sister of Persephone, who the cultists referred to as Kore, or “the Maiden.” While little of Despoina’s own role and mythology survive, the story of her birth has been passed down into the modern age.Īccording to the Arcadian mysteries, Despoina was the daughter of Poseidon and Demeter. Meaning “the Mistress,” it was a cult title used to avoid the taboo of saying her true name. Elsewhere in Greece she was unknown.Įven her name remains something of a mystery. She was a goddess of the mystery cults centered around the region of Arcadia. ![]() In fact, only a select group of people knew about her at all. The Birth of Despoinaĭespoina was not one of the most popular goddesses in ancient Greece. ![]() Historians still believe, however, that her existence can help shed light on some of Greece’s earliest religious beliefs. Even there, the goddess’s full importance was revealed only to initiates of certain cults.īecause so little was known about her even in the classical era, Despoina’s mythology and exact role remain a mystery. The cult of Despoina is one of many that existed only in Arcadia. She was worshiped in the isolated region of Arcadia and called Despoina, “the Mistress.” This title was given to other goddesses throughout Greece, but seems to have been of particular importance in Arcadia. In fact, her name remains unknown to this day. Demeter and Poseidon’s daughter was not as famous as her half-sister Persephone. |
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