Talk:Hypaethral

Definition
Robert I. Levy, in his book Mesocosm; Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal discussing Divinities: Housing and Setting, lists four settings, 1. temples, 2. god-houses, 3. shrines, 4. non-Newar Hindu structures. One of the sub-types of shrine is that which is hypaethral. These are open-to-the sky shrines. Some may have enclosures but no roof, and some may have neither roof nor enclosure. This is discussed in detail on page 204 of the book. Philip Sedlak Philipsedlak (talk) 19:39, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Article name & move proposal
As the above post makes clear, the word 'hypaethral' is an adjective, and the lede gets into maximal difficulties with "Hypaethral is an ancient temple with no roof." It's like Yoda-speak: "Tall was an ancient temple with no roof." It should technically read, "An ancient temple with no roof is hypaethral": but this and all other alternatives skirt around the fact that the merge should have been the other way and that the article title should be Hypaethros.

I thus propose a move/revert to Hypaethros, with a lede like:

"A Hypaethros (insert Greek name here) is a building without a roof. (insert etymology here) Edifices of this type, especially ancient temples, are described as 'hypaethral', in distinction to a cleithral structure, which has a roof. The form was described by the Roman architect Vitruvius in his treatise On Architecture (probably c15 BC), written for the emperor Caesar Augustus." >MinorProphet (talk) 15:07, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Or even "An Hypaethros...", but that would be Old Skool™. >MinorProphet (talk) 15:29, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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