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A would-be burglar in Rome was caught after stopping to learn a guide on Greek mythology in the midst of a theft.
The 38-year-old reportedly gained entry to a flat within the Italian capital’s Prati district by way of the balcony however turned distracted after choosing up a guide about Homer’s Iliad on a bedside desk.
The 71-year-old home-owner is claimed to have awoken and confronted the alleged thief, who was engrossed within the guide.
News of the failed theft attracted the eye of the guide’s writer, who informed Italian media he needed to ship the person a duplicate so he might “end” his learn.
After being caught off-guard, the alleged robber reportedly tried to make a fast getaway by escaping by way of the identical balcony, however was arrested shortly afterwards.
He is claimed to have informed police he had climbed the constructing to go to an individual he knew.
“I assumed I had ended up in a B&B, noticed the guide and began to learn it.”
Giovanni Nucci, the writer of The Gods at Six O’Clock, which explains the Iliad from the attitude of the gods, informed Il Messaggero: “It’s incredible.”
“I’d like to seek out the particular person caught red-handed and provides him the guide, as a result of he’ll have been arrested midway by studying it. I’d like him to have the ability to end it.
“It’s a surreal story, but additionally filled with humanity.”
The thief was reportedly in possession of a bag containing costly clothes allegedly stolen from one other home earlier that night.
Mr Nucci stated his private favorite deity was Hermes, the god of thieves.
“He can also be the god of literature. It is obvious: the whole lot suits,” he joked.
