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See this is one of my favorite aspects of Greek mythology. The fact that gods are openly seen as being flawed by the same things that corrupt humans.
Zeus was a jealous horny corrupt prick. Because that's how most kings were.
Poseidon was fickle and quick to anger. Because that's how the seas were.
Hades was dark and cold and terrifying. Because that's what death was (yes I know thanatos is the true god of death but more so the lighter side of it)
Each god has the flaws of the very part of nature they claim to rule over and I think that's neat cause most religions try to make their gods seem perfect whereas Greek mythology puts all those flaws on display
The greek gods are basically how a regular person would react if given godlike power too, yeh you might try and make thigns better at first but eventually unlimited power would mean unlimited boredom and you'd end up using magic to troll people which is basically the greek gods main passtime when they're not focussing on one specific person.
Man, you should look into some Nordic mythology. Those weirdos were definitely flawed. No idea what was going on with them, but their stories are fucking wild. Like Loki turning into a mare to seduce a giant's horse to win a bet, then getting pregnant and giving birth to an eight legged horse he named Sleipnir. He then gifted the horse (his son) to his dad Odin. Odin then used his eight legged horse grand son as his mount.
and then there's finland, where the world was born from a massive egg or some shit, there's a lady sitting naked in the ocean, and the main dude is an old weirdo who seems to have severe ADHD (basically a non-edgy version of odin, it's great)
Well you should check out Kaos, a dark comedy on net6 featuring Jeff Goldblum as Zeus. Definitely flawed Gods there!