Francis Bacon's contemporaries identified him as a secret poet, the foremost of all. He wrote plays and renewed philosophy using comedy and tragedy. Francis Bacon was also called both Apollo and Pallas Athena, the "Spear Shaker" or "Spear Shaker". Two contemporary 16th-century poets identified Francis Bacon as the author of Shakespeare's poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucretia. Additionally, a 16th-century manuscript collection that once contained Shakespeare's plays, Richard II and Richard III, names Francis Bacon as the author ("Gateways to Wisdom"). Bacon was very multifaceted and was highly respected as he influenced scientists, poets and statesmen. It had been “studied from orthodox and unorthodox perspectives, and had attracted widely divergent interpretations” (Boath). Because of his influence, he shares the same characteristics as Shakespeare himself, being the ideal Renaissance man. His brilliance was radiant as he was interested in many things which he showed through his works. Bacon was also very charismatic and capable of projecting his brilliant ideas onto others enticing them to read his fascinating works just like Shakespeare.