Mif o besstrashnom geroe Persee vsegda privlekal vnimanie khudozhnikov, skulptorov i dramaturgov svoei krasotoi i khudozhestvennostiu. Tcar Polidekt otpravliaet iunoshu ubit gorgonu Meduzu, kotoraia chasto priletaet v gorod i navodit uzhas na ego zhitelei, vzgliadom prevrashchaia vse zhivoe v kamen. Izdanie proilliustrirovano khudozhnikom Nikolaem Kuzminym, oformivshim mnozhestvo knig klassikov otechestvennoi i zarubezhnoi literatury. Nikolai Kuzmin вÐ"“ vydaiushchiisia master detskoi illiustratcii, chlen-korrespondent Akademii khudozhestv, Narodnyi khudozhnik RSFSR. Kartiny khudozhnika mozhno uvidet v vedushchikh muzeiakh strany.