History quiz
Greek name or Roman name? The Olympian gods
The twelve Olympians each had a Greek name and a Roman one. A name comes up: click Greek or Roman. For Apollo, either is right.
- Format
- Sort into groups
- Items
- 23 to sort
- Limit
- 1:30
- Level
- Easy
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Items
- 23
- Groups
- 2
- Time limit
- 1:30
- A miss
- Shows the answer, then moves on
- Each name appears in turn. Click its tradition, or press its number.
- The groups never move, so the number keys are quick.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click whether each name is Greek or Roman. The groups appear when you start.
About this quiz
All 23 names of the twelve Olympians: eleven Greek and Roman pairs, and Apollo, who kept one name in both traditions.
- Hephaistos and Dionysos are the museum's spellings of the names often written Hephaestus and Dionysus.
- A miss shows the right tradition and the god's other name.
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