A would-be burglar in Rome was caught studying a e-book of Greek mythology throughout a theft, based on Italian media stories.
The 38-year-old man reportedly entered an residence within the Prati district of the Italian capital via a balcony however turned distracted after selecting up a e-book about Homer’s Iliad from his bedside desk.
The 71-year-old home-owner is alleged to have woken as much as discover the thief, who was engrossed in a e-book.
Information of the failed theft caught the eye of the e-book’s writer, who informed native media he needed to ship the person a duplicate so he may “end” the e-book.
The robber was reportedly caught off guard and tried to flee from the identical balcony, however was arrested a short while later.
He reportedly informed police he climbed the constructing to go to somebody he knew.
“I assumed I had checked right into a B&B, noticed this e-book and began studying.”
“It is great,” Giovanni Nucci, writer of “The Gods at Six O’Clock,” deciphering the “Iliad” from the gods’ perspective, informed the Courier.
“I wish to discover the man who was caught red-handed and provides him the e-book as a result of he’ll be arrested midway via. I need him to complete the e-book.”
“It is a surreal story, but additionally very human.”
The thieves have been reportedly in possession of a bag containing costly clothes that was allegedly stolen from one other home earlier that evening.
Nucci mentioned his private favourite god was Hermes, the god of thieves.
“He is additionally a god of literature. It is apparent: every part matches,” he joked.
