Chersidamas

In Greek mythology, Chersidamas (Ancient Greek: Χερσιδάμας) may refer to two different characters:

• Chersidamas, a Taphian prince a son of King Pterelaus and brother of Chromius, Tyrannus, Antiochus, Mestor, Everes^[1] and Comaetho.^[2] He was killed, along with most of his brothers, by the sons of Electryon.^[3]
• Chersidamas, a Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman.^[4] He was killed by the hero Odysseus during the Trojan War.^[5]

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 2.4.5
2. Apollodorus, 2.4.7
3. Apollodorus, 2.4.6
4. Apollodorus, 3.12.5
5. Homer, Iliad 11.423; Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.259

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.