stˈuːdənts hˌuː tʃˈoʊz tə stˈʌdi ˈoʊvɪd ɹˈiːd ðə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ stˈoːɹiz fɹʌm hɪz mˌɛɾəmˈoːɹfoʊzᵻz: ɐpˈɑːloʊ ænd dˈæfni lˈaɪnz fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː dˈæʃ fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən fɹʌm bˈʊk wˈʌn, pˈɪɹæməs ænd θˈɪsb lˈaɪnz fˈɪfti fˈaɪv dˈæʃ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks fɹʌm bˈʊk fˈoːɹ, dˈiːdæləs ænd ˈaɪkɑːɹɹəs lˈaɪnz wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː dˈæʃ tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi fˈaɪv fɹʌm bˈʊk ˈeɪt, bˈɔːsɪs ænd fˈaɪlmən lˈaɪnz sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn dˈæʃ sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ fɹʌm bˈʊk ˈeɪt, ænd pɪɡmˈæliən lˈaɪnz tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː dˈæʃ tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən fɹʌm bˈʊk tˈɛn.
Students who chose to study Ovid read the following stories from his Metamorphoses: Apollo and Daphne (lines 452-567 from Book 1), Pyramus and Thisbe (lines 55-166 from Book 4), Daedalus and Icarus (lines 183-235 from Book 8), Baucis and Philemon (lines 616-724 from Book 8), and Pygmalion (lines 283-297 from Book 10).