2260 Neoptolemus 71.65 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 9.31. This minor planet was named from Greek mythology after the Greek warrior Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and Deidameia, who was brought to Troy by Odysseus in the last year of the Trojan War. Neoptolemus was one of the Greeks who were hiding in the wooden Trojan Horse. He brutally killed King Priam and several other princes during the destruction of the city of Troy. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 August 1981 (). 2260 Neoptolemus 2260 Neoptolemus ( ), provisional designation "", is a
The Fall of the King the Count's Feud in 1536, and ends at Mikkel's death. "The Fall of the King" was named best Danish novel of the 20th century by the newspapers Politiken and Berlingske Tidende, independently of each other, in 1999 and was in 2006 included in the controversial Culture Canon published by the Ministry for Culture. On this list of significant Danish works of art, "The Fall of the King" was ranked alongside works by Hans Christian Andersen, Søren Kierkegaard, Karen Blixen and others. The Fall of the King The Fall of the King () is a novel by Danish author Johannes V.