1. nec rēx Plūtō nec coniūnx Prōserpina Orpheō ōrantī negāre potuērunt
nec rēx Plūtō nec coniūnx Prōserpina Orpheō ōrantī negāre potuērunt. Gaudēns eam accipit sed cum hāc lege Plūtōnis; nōn debet respicere Eurydicēn dōnec ingentem spēluncam Avernum exierit.

2. Arduum et obscūrum et ācre erat iter eōrum per mūta silentia
Arduum et obscūrum et ācre erat iter eōrum per mūta silentia. Summa spēlunca nōn procul āfuit.

3. Orpheus timēns et avidus magnopere respicere dēsīderābat; amāns oculōs revertit et prōtinus relāpsa est. Brachhia tendēns et certāns eam prehendere, nīl nisi aurās īnfēlīx tenuit.

4. Charon Orpheum frūstrā ōrantem et flūmen Stygem iterum trānsīre dēsīderantem prohibuit.

5. Septem diēs tamen ille sēdit in rīpā sine cibō
Septem diēs tamen ille sēdit in rīpā sine cibō. Deinde dīcēns deōs esse crūdēlēs, sē domum recēpit, et nunquam posteā amōrem fēminārum aliārum petīvit.

6. Text reprinted from Latin Via Ovid, A First Course, Second Edition, by Norma Goldman and Jacob E. Nyenhuis, copyright © 1982 Wayne State University Press, with the permission of Wayne State University Press.