Chthonic Gods of Greek Mythology | 5 Reader's Theater Scripts | SAVE 20%

This bundle includes 5 Readers Theater Scripts that explore 9 Greek Chthonic Gods in 5 engaging scripts. These scripts and worksheets engage students in an interactive narrative instead of reading the original story and helps develop listening and speaking skills as students practice expressive voice acting.

Teaching Tips for Using these Scripts:

• The number of characters in each script varies from 15~21 characters.
• For More Students: Main character can be read by multiple students.
• For Less Students: Minor characters can be read by just one student.
• The lengths vary from 2000 ~ 2600 words
• The scripts should take about 45 min
• Each script is geared towards grades 8~12 but may be suitable for grades 6~7 depending on your classroom's reading level.

Quick Overview of the 5 Chthonic Scripts in this bundle

Hades: King of the Underworld, God of the Dead and Riches (FREE SCRIPT)

• • The stern monarch of shadows, wielding dominion over souls and hidden wealth, enthroned beside the Styx with a helm of darkness. Hades rules alone, abducting Persephone to share his grim kingdom, his unyielding gaze guarding the dead from mortal reach. As the solitary sovereign of the Underworld, he stands apart, his reign a testament to power unshaken by Olympian light.

Thanatos & Hypnos: Death and Sleep, Twin Forces of Rest

• • Thanatos: The gentle reaper of peaceful death, guiding souls to eternal rest, his touch as soft as shadow on Greece’s weary fields.
  • Hypnos: The winged soother of sleep, scattering dreams with dust, lulling mortals under starlit veils of night.
  • Twin brothers united in purpose, Hypnos whispers “Sleep soothes their strife” (Scene 5, imagined), while Thanatos answers “Your breath ends now” (Scene 6, imagined), their tandem dance easing Greece into slumber and beyond, a chthonic harmony of rest and release.

Charon & The Erinyes: The Ferryman & The Furies, Enforcers of the Afterlife

• • Charon: The grim oarsman of the Styx, ferrying souls for an obol, his boat creaking with “No obol, no ride, singer” (Scene 3).
  • The Erinyes: Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone, relentless scourges of oath-breakers, hissing “Run to Styx, fool” (Scene 4).
  • Paired as Underworld sentinels, Charon delivers the dead to judgment, while the Furies lash transgressors with serpentine wrath, their combined force ensuring Greece’s shades face cosmic order beneath Hades’s throne.

Nyx & Erebus: The Cosmic Darkness

• • Nyx: The primordial shroud of night, feared by Zeus, cloaking Greece with “My night shrouds your throne” (Scene 3).
  • Erebus: The abyss of darkness, Nyx’s consort, carving voids with “My gloom stands eternal” (Scene 9).
  • Cosmic deities predating Olympus, they birth Hypnos, Thanatos, and the Fates, their shadow sundering mortal and divine. Together, they weave a chthonic tapestry of night and dread, their reign a hymn to Greece’s eternal dark.

Hecate & Melinoë: The Witches and Ghosts of the Underworld

• • Hecate: The torch-bearing mistress of necromancy, guarding crossroads with “My witchcraft endures, Melinoë” (Scene 12).
  • Melinoë: The spectral daughter of Persephone, weaving nightmares with “My shades rise for you” (Scene 5).
  • Allied in magic and terror, Hecate summons shades while Melinoë haunts dreams, their chthonic sway binding Greece to spirits and fear. Rooted in Persephone’s realm, they fuse witchcraft and ghostly dread into an Underworld legacy of awe and trembling.

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Download this script included in the bundle to see if it meets your needs: FREE Hades Reader's Theater Script