Justo Sierra

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Los grandes acorazados de la batalla de Tsushima, más armados y más blindados que los cruceros y destructores que los escoltaban, evocan imágenes de altas chimeneas escupiendo densas nubes de negro hollín y de enormes proas partiendo el agua del mar. Pero, eso no es todo, además traen a la mente la imagen de decenas de armas de fuego de todos los calibres instaladas de proa a popa, listas para luchar por el control de los océanos. La artillería principal iniciaba las batallas y, al lento y pausado ritmo de las grandes piezas de artillería, pronto se unía el rápido fuego de las armas ...

This study offers a profound study of Arrufat's play, using most recent critical trends concerning the performance aspect of the drama. It examines the genre of the drama and its relationship to the phenomenon of the Cuban Revolution, Arrufat as a Cuban playwright of the 60s and his re-writing of the Greek theme of the fratricidal fight in Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes. Also contains a recent interview with Arrufat in which he describes the social circumstances surrounding the play and some of his classical re-writing techniques.

In the Greek world the gods were intricately linked to most aspects of life so it should be no surprise that weapons and military equipment were given as offerings to them in Greek sanctuaries.