Their objective were two airfields on the island of Rhodes at Kalathos and Maritsa.

For example, only initiates knew what the kiste, a sacred chest, and the kalathos, a lidded basket, contained.

Lindos (Lindos, Kalathos, Laerma, Lardos, Pylona)

Before mystai could enter the Telesterion, they would recite, "I have fasted, I have drunk the kykeon, I have taken from the kiste ("box") and after working it have put it back in the kalathos ("open basket").