Nathaniel Hawthorne 
The Gorgon’s Head (From: 'A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys’) 

Nathaniel Hawthorne, an English writer interested in Greek philosophy, had an opinion that many of the classical myths were capable of being rendered into interesting reads for children. Thus, he compiled a book of 12 stories of Greek mythology with the aim to meet the comprehension of children. The story presented here is a part of the collection.