IMAGE OF PALLAS ATHENA The Spear-Shaker, Guardian of the Mysteries – on Title-Page of Bacon’s 1641 Wisdom of the Ancients The illustration depicts Pallas Athena (Minerva) seated on a small stage;the stage of the Mysteries, over which she and her male counterpart, Apollo, preside. In her right hand she holds her famous spear (her name means literally […]