Question: Who wrote a Latin narrative poem of history from the cosmogonic myth to Caesar?
Context: Metamorphoses (Latin: "Metamorphoseon libri" : "Books of Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his "magnum opus".  Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.  Although meeting the criteria for an epic, the poem defies simple genre classification by its use of varying themes and tones. The Bronze Horseman: A Petersburg Tale (Russian: Медный всадник: Петербургская повесть , literally: "The Copper Horseman") is a narrative poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1833 about the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and the great flood of 1824.  While the poem was written in 1833, it was not published, in its entirety, until after his death as his work was under censorship due to the political nature of his other writings.  Widely considered to be Pushkin's most successful narrative poem, "The Bronze Horseman" has had a lasting impact on Russian literature.  It is considered one of the most influential works in Russian Literature, and is one of the reasons Pushkin is often called the “founder of modern Russian literature.”  The statue became known as the Bronze Horseman due to the great influence of the poem. A creation myth (or cosmogonic myth) is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it.  While in popular usage the term "myth" often refers to false or fanciful stories, formally, it does not imply falsehood.  Cultures generally regard their creation myths as true.  In the society in which it is told, a creation myth is usually regarded as conveying profound truths, metaphorically, symbolically and sometimes in a historical or literal sense.  They are commonly, although not always, considered cosmogonical myths – that is, they describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness. An origin myth is a myth that purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world.  One type of origin myth is the cosmogonic myth, which describes the creation of the world.  However, many cultures have stories set after the cosmogonic myth, which describe the origin of natural phenomena and human institutions within a preexisting universe. Maladhar Basu (Bengali: মালাধর বসু ) (c. 15th century) was a Bengali poet.  He wrote "Sri Krishna Vijaya" (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, "Triumph of Lord Krishna"), the earliest Bengali narrative poem that can be assigned to a definite date.  It is also the oldest Bengali narrative poem of Krishna legend.  It was composed between 1473 and 1480.  The long poem is a translation of the 10th and 11th cantos of the "Bhagavata Purana"; a part of "Vishnu Purana" and the story of "Ramayana" is also incorporated here. Béroul was a Norman poet of the 12th century.  He wrote "Tristan", a Norman language version of the legend of Tristan and Iseult of which a certain number of fragments (approximately 3000 verses) have been preserved; it is the earliest representation of the so-called "vulgar" version of the legend (the "courtly" version being represented by fragments from Thomas of Britain's poem).  Eilhart von Oberge wrote a treatment of this version in German, and many of Béroul's episodes that do not appear in Thomas reappear in the Prose "Tristan".  Beroul's poem survives in a single manuscript now in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.  This copy is poorly written and there is a suggestion that part of the poem was written by a different scribe from the rest.  The actual content of the poem also differs from the modern conception of what a narrative poem should be; the plot is disjointed and lacking in a flow of cause and effect, and the characters are poorly defined.  Nevertheless, Fedrick proposes that this was common of literature in Beroul's time. Chinese creation myths are symbolic narratives about the origins of the universe, earth, and life.  In Chinese mythology, the term "cosmogonic myth" or "origin myth" is more accurate than "creation myth", since very few stories involve a creator deity or divine will.  Chinese creation myths fundamentally differ from monotheistic traditions with one authorized version, such as the Judeo-Christian Genesis creation myth; Chinese classics record numerous, sometimes contradictory, origin myths. Steven P. Schneider is an American poet, critic, and professor of English at the University of Texas-Pan American, where he serves as Director of New Programs and Special Projects in the College of Arts and Humanities.  He is the author of three books of poetry, "Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives "(Wings Press), a collaborative effort with his wife, Reefka Schneider, "Unexpected Guest"s (Blue Light Press), and "Prairie Air Show "(Hurakan Publications and Sandhills Press).  He is the author and editor of several scholarly books, including "The Contemporary Narrative Poem: Critical Crosscurrents "(University of Iowa Press), a collection of ten essays from poet-critics on the contemporary American narrative poem. The Metamorphoses (Latin: "Metamorphōseōn librī" : "Books of Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his "magnum opus".  Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia.  In his previous narrative poem, "Venus and Adonis" (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in which he promised to write a "graver work".  Accordingly, "The Rape of Lucrece" has a serious tone throughout.
Answer: Ovid