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Hypaethral is an ancient temple with no roof. (From the Latin hypaethrus, from Ancient Greek hupaithros hupo- under + aithr, sky, air.) It has instead a hypaethros or hypaethral opening. It was described by the Roman architect Vitruvius in his treatise On Architecture written for the emperor Caesar Augustus probably about 15 BC. This term is in distinction from cleithral, which is covered with a roof.

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Trajan's Kiosk (shown here) on the island of Philae near Aswan, Egypt.
The Ranipur-Jharial archeological site in Balangir District in the Indian state of Orissa.
Temple of Apollo at Didyma, at Didim, Turkey

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	'''Hypaethral''' is an ancient [[temple]] with no roof. (From the Latin ''hypaethrus'', from Ancient Greek ''hupaithros'' hupo- under + aithr, sky, air.) It has instead a [[hypaethros]] or hypaethral opening. It was described by the Roman architect [[Vitruvius]] in his treatise [[De architectura\|''On Architecture'']] written for the emperor [[Caesar Augustus]] probably about 15 BC.		'''Hypaethral''' is an ancient [[temple]] with no roof. (From the Latin ''hypaethrus'', from Ancient Greek ''hupaithros'' hupo- under + aithr, sky, air.) It has instead a [[hypaethros]] or hypaethral opening. It was described by the Roman architect [[Vitruvius]] in his treatise [[De architectura\|''On Architecture'']] written for the emperor [[Caesar Augustus]] probably about 15 BC. This term is in distinction from [[cleithral]], which is covered with a roof.
	[[Image:Philae, Trajan's Kiosk, Aswan, Egypt, Oct 2004.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|Philae, Trajan's Kiosk, Aswan, Egypt, Oct 2004]][[Image:David Roberts Hypaethral Temple Philae.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|[[The Hypaethral Temple at Philae\|The Hypaethral Temple of Philae]], a romantic depiction by [[David Roberts (painter)\|David Roberts]] painted in 1838]]		[[Image:Philae, Trajan's Kiosk, Aswan, Egypt, Oct 2004.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|Philae, Trajan's Kiosk, Aswan, Egypt, Oct 2004]][[Image:David Roberts Hypaethral Temple Philae.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|[[The Hypaethral Temple at Philae\|The Hypaethral Temple of Philae]], a romantic depiction by [[David Roberts (painter)\|David Roberts]] painted in 1838]]