Greeks understood the Gods as malevolent forces which could be irregularly propitiated by sacrifices on occasion. But the best way to live was to try and not be noticed by them.
There was no heaven in the Greek religion and Hell was essentially just not living as more. Their conception was that this life is all there is after which existence as impotent shades was all there was. An existence dominated by desire for blood, the sustainer of life.
Don’t forget the afterlife of Tantalus, or Sisyphus, the former condemned to reaching for fruit that would move out of his grasp, and latter condemned to pushing a boulder up a hill, only to see it fall back down.
“Greeks understood the Gods as malevolent forces which could be irregularly propitiated by sacrifices on occasion. But the best way to live was to try and not be noticed by them.”
This reminds me of a story I read a while back about the “evil eye”. Many Roman soldiers had to guard the slaves which took them away from other duties - some bright spark came up with the idea of placing a huge eye where all the slaves could see it. The Romans then planted a story that it was a god and it was watching them...eventually this was believed and henceforth there was no further need for guards.