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From: Ruth Berger <rberger726@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Good Literature Survives - Thief Got Engrossed in "Iliad" Until Cops Arrived
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Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:54:15 -0400
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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...