Re: Good Literature Survives - Thief Got Engrossed in "Iliad" Until Cops Arrived

186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/23/burglar-caught-reading-book-homer-iliad/
 
A would-be burglar entered an apartment, saw a

book on

Homer’s Iliad, and made himself comfortable so

he could

read the book—that is until he was caught

later on, still

absorbed in his reading.
 
Italian media reported recently that the 38-

year-old man

entered the apartment in the Prati district of

the Italian

capital through a balcony with the intent to

steal. He

stopped to look at the book and ended up being

engrossed

in it.
 
The 71-year-old owner of the house is said to

have woken

up and confronted the alleged thief, who was

absorbed in

the book. He called the police, and they

arrived at the

apartment shortly after.
 
. . .
 
   Well, at least Italy has some WELL CULTURED

burglars :-)

 
 

Why didn't he just steal the book? Literature so
good, it makes thieves forget their own
profession...