Enclosed in each tale, and providing the work's  theme, is some type of transformation.
It begins with the creation of the universe and ends with the  death of Julius Caesar. In the 15 books of hexameter verse, the  author tells the stories of Cadmus, Hyacinthus and Pygmalion among  many others. Enclosed in each tale, and providing the work's  theme, is some type of transformation. For ten points, name this  collection of stories completed in 8 AD by Ovid.
It begins with the creation of the universe and ends with the  death of Julius Caesar.
{Metamorphoses}