Minotaur Maze

Minotaur Maze

Updated Jul 23, 2018 at 03:31PM EDT by Adam.

Added Jul 23, 2018 at 02:59PM EDT by Adam.

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Minotaur Maze refers to an illustration of the Greek myth Theseus and the minotaur drawn by Sir Edward Burne-Jones that was posted to Twitter in July of 2018 and parodied by users who thought the minotaur looked polite and perturbed by Theseus' presence.

Origin

On July 18th, 2018, Twitter user @mardirooster tweeted an 1861 Sir Edward Burne-Jones illustration[1] of the Greek myth about Theseus and the minotaur which shows Theseus moments before he slays the minotaur. The tweet is captioned "please get out of my maze." It gained over 12,000 retweets and 34,000 likes.[2]


sam @mardirooster Follow please get out of my maze 53 OTAURUS

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After the tweet was posted, it was quote-tweeted by many Twitter users who thought the image was relatable. Twitter user @BrandonStroud joked about the tweet by writing a parody of the lyrics to ""Africa" by Toto":/memes/africa-by-toto (shown below, left), while the Twitter account for the podcast Myth Take suggested the minotaur just wanted some alone time (shown below, right).


Brandon Stroud @MrBrandonStroud Following gonna take a maze to keep me away from you there's nothing that a hundred minotaurs could ever do sam @mardirooster please get out of my maze 5:37 PM -20 Jul 2018 MythTake @MythTakePodcast Follow Maybe the Minotaur was just an introvert who wanted some alone time? sam @mardirooster please get out of my maze 9:47 PM-21 Jul 2018

Twitter users also parodied the image in some Object Labeling memes. @mardirooster, the person who sent the original tweet, posted an object labeling version in the thread beneath the original tweet (shown below, left). In their piece covering the spread of the minotaur meme, the Daily Dot[3] posted a version of its own, saying the meme was a new format for the same jokes (shown below, right).


anxe my attentión The Internet THESEUS Same old mem Fun new Minotau meme


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Ryan Watt @RyanWattWrites Follow Minotaur: Oh, you're here already. I was still in the shower. Um, oh, sure, yeah, you can come in and wait. The living room's over there. sam @mardirooster please get out of my maze The Crafty Miss 직 @TheDonsieLass Follovw The new 'stay in your lane sam @mardirooster please get out of my maze USo it is Told soitistoldcast Follow It Is Told When you show up early to a party. sam @mardirooster please get out of my maze ビルサルド星人ちっぷっぷ IES_NIIYAMA Follow sam @mardirooster please get out of my maze Translate Tweet Alyssa Writes @AlyssaDZaczek Follow me when literally anyone asks me "how's the writing going?" sam @mardirooster please get out of my maze Them Bones @mzxio Follow 15th century roguelike? sam @mardirooster please get out of my maze 1:10 PM-20 Jul 2018

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