The sources present Chersidamas not as a supernatural origin figure but as a named mortal embedded in heroic genealogies. In one tradition (drawing on Apollodorus' account as retold in the Legendary Passages summary) Chersidamas appears as a son of King Pterelaus of the Taphians and therefore a member of the Perseid/Alcaeid genealogical world associated with Mycenaean-era dynastic tales; he is listed among brothers whose deaths figure in the feud with the sons of Electryon. In a separate tradition (Homeric and catalog-type listings preserved in epic tradition) Chersidamas is named as one of the many sons of Priam of Troy and is recorded as falling to Odysseus during the hostilities of the Trojan War. The two occurrences are treated in the sources as distinct individuals who share the same personal name.
No physical description or distinctive bodily traits for Chersidamas are provided in the cited sources. He is identified in surviving texts by filial and dynastic relationships (as a son of Pterelaus in the Taphians' genealogy, and as a son of Priam in the Trojan genealogies) and by the circumstances of his death rather than by any visual attributes.
The sources attribute no supernatural powers or special abilities to Chersidamas. He functions narratively as a princely son participating in the violent conflicts of his era: in the Pterelaus/Electryon context he is one of the brothers slain amid a feud over cattle, vengeance, and succession; in the Trojan context he is one of Priam's sons killed in the course of the Trojan War, singled out in the catalogue of warriors and casualties. No magical or extraordinary behaviors are recorded.
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Pterelaus
Pterelaus is a mytho-historical king of the Taphians (Taphos) in Greek heroic legend whose family’s cattle-raid and defeat are narrated as antecedents to Amphitryon’s expedition and the circumstances of Heracles’ birth. In some variants he is described as invulnerable while a single magical golden hair remained in his head; removal of that hair (by his daughter Comaetho in some summaries) permitted his death.
Priam
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Odysseus
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Abas
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Abderus
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Absyrtus
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Acacallis
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Acacus
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Academus
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Acamas
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Acantha
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