The doulos-eleutheros distinction

Homer does not use 'doulos' for 'slave', but 'dmos', from 'damao', to tame. The tamed one.

δμώς , ωός, ὁ, (δαμάω)

A. slave taken in war, δμώων οὕς . . ληΐσσατο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς (cf. δμωή) Od.1.398: generally, slave, “τεῦ δμώς εἰς ἀνδρῶν;” 24.257: mostly in pl., “κτῆσιν ἐμὴν δμῶάς τε” Il.19.333: dat. pl. “δμώεσσι” Od.6.71, etc.—Once in S.Ant.578; freq. in E., Med.188 (lyr.), al., but not found in Prose.