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
Neoptolemus (Pontic general) Pontic army to Athens. He commanded the Pontic forces around Chalcis, where he suffered defeat from the Roman Munatius, losing 1,500 men. After the Pontic army left Greece in 85 BC, Mithridates VI put Neoptolemus in command of the Pontic fleet guarding the Hellespont, where he suffered a final defeat by the Roman fleet led by Lucius Licinius Lucullus. Due to this Pontic defeat, Mithridates VI was forced to end the war with the Roman Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla. After this, nothing further is known of Neoptolemus. Neoptolemus (Pontic general) Neoptolemus (, flourished second half of 2nd century BC and