Seneca the Younger ridiculed this process in a work titled for the (*) "Pumpkinification" of one man who underwent it.
The process of this action being done to the Roman Empire was initiated by the city of Smyrna. That instance of this type of event was predicted by the daughter of Cheiron. This happened to one man who rescued his sister Renpetneferet from Djoser, and who helped end a seven-year famine. This happened to one man who angered Zeus by using Medusa's blood, and whose children included Aglaea, Iaso, and Aceso. Seneca the Younger ridiculed this process in a work titled for the (*) "Pumpkinification" of one man who underwent it. Cadmus's daughters Ino and Semele underwent this process, after which they were known as Thyone and Leucothea. For 10 points, give this process which Romulus underwent to become Quirinus, which was also done to Roman emperors after they died, beginning with Julius Caesar.
The process of this action being done to the Roman Empire was initiated by the city of Smyrna.
deification [or becoming a god or apotheosis; prompt on becoming immortal]