A thief who loves reading forgot that he was stealing and was busy reading.

A thief was arrested last Tuesday night after he forgot himself during a robbery while reading a book about Greek mythology and broke into an apartment in Rome, Italy..

The 38-year-old Italian man reached a building in the Della Vittoria area from a balcony and sneaked into the homeowner’s bedroom, but his attention was distracted after he saw a book on a bedside table..

Before he knew it, he found himself immersed in the pages of the book, before the 71-year-old owner woke up and confronted the thief, who was said to be sitting on his bed, engrossed in his book..

According to the website, the thief tried to escape from the same balcony Rome Today But the store owner called and the police arrived and arrested him. Police found a luxury clothing bag on the man, which may have been stolen from another home earlier that night..

The news website said the books were “Giovanni Nucci’s The Iliad at Sunset examines the Iliad from the perspective of the Greek gods, while highlighting the epic’s explanatory power for understanding current events..