 Achilles plays a tragic role in the "Iliad" brought about by constant de-humanization throughout the epic, having his "menis" (wrath) overpower his "philos" (love).Heroes in myth often had close, but conflicted relationships with the deities.Thus Heracles's name means "the glory of Hera", even though he was tormented all his life by Hera, the Queen of the Greek deities.