More than 123 Hellenistic clay plaques recovered from the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore in Mytilene depict a temple façade and a pair of eyes. The number of eye votives recovered from this sanctuary is notable, as such a high quantity has not been discovered at any other site in the ancient Greek world. A unique feature of these votives is that they are the only known examples depicting a pair of eyes between the columns of a temple façade. This singularity sets them apart from eye votives found at other Demeter sanctuaries and healing sanctuaries, where eye votives typically do not include architectural elements. Eye votives are more commonly associated with healing sanctuaries, typically representing a plea or thanks for healing eye ailments. The iconography of eye votives from the sanctuary in Mytilene may reflect a unique aspect of worship that integrated various elements significant to the regional and Pan-Hellenic cults of Demeter and Kore.
Aynur-Michèle-Sara Karatas (Fri,) studied this question.