World Courant
A would-be burglar was caught in Rome after he stopped to learn a e-book on Greek mythology throughout a theft.
The 38-year-old man is claimed to have gained entry to an condo within the Prati district of the Italian capital by way of the balcony, however turned distracted when he picked up a e-book about Homer’s Iliad from a bedside desk.
The 71-year-old home-owner reportedly wakened and confronted the alleged thief, who was engrossed within the e-book.
Information of the failed theft caught the eye of the e-book’s creator, who instructed Italian media he wished to ship the person a duplicate so he may “end” the e-book.
After being shocked, the alleged robber tried to shortly flee by way of the identical balcony, however he was arrested shortly afterwards.
He reportedly instructed police he had climbed the constructing to go to an acquaintance.
“I believed I had ended up in a B&B, noticed the e-book and began studying it.”
Giovanni Nucci, the creator of The Gods at Six O’Clock, which interprets the Iliad from the angle of the gods, instructed Il Messaggero: “It is implausible.”
“I wish to discover the one who was caught red-handed and provides him the e-book, as a result of he shall be arrested midway by studying it. I would like him to have the ability to end it.
“It is a surreal story, but in addition filled with humanity.”
The thief was reportedly in possession of a bag containing costly clothes that had been stolen from one other home earlier that night.
Mr. Nucci mentioned his favourite deity was Hermes, the god of thieves.
“He’s additionally the god of literature. It’s clear: all the things is correct,” he joked.
