In classical homeland, minstrels had a prominent role in the society. They performed for their audiences at royal courts and in public theaters. Ancient Greek historian Plutarch, in his Life of Crassus (32.3), reports that they praised their national heroes and ridiculed their Roman rivals. Likewise, Strabo’s Geographica reports that the Parthian youth were taught songs about “the deeds both of the gods and of the noblest men”.