The Bacchae
The account given in Plutarch's biography of Crassus also mentions that, during the feasting and revelry in the wedding ceremony of Artavazdes' sister to the Parthian king Orodes II's son and heir Pacorus in the Armenian capital of Artashat, Crassus' head was brought to Orodes II. Both kings were enjoying a performance of Euripides' Greek tragedy "The Bacchae" when a certain actor of the royal court, named Jason of Tralles, took the head and sang the following verses (also from the "Bacchae"):