“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.
Maybe it was the Eye of Horus.