Epictetus, Works, book 3, Τί ἐρημία καὶ ποῖοσ ἐρ́ημοσ. 4:

ἐπεὶ εἰ τὸ μόνον εἶναι ἀρκεῖ πρὸσ τὸ ἔρημον εἶναι, λέγε ὅτι καὶ ὁ Ζεὺσ ἐν τῇ ἐκπυρώσει ἔρημόσ ἐστι καὶ κατακλαίει αὐτὸσ ἑαυτοῦ· "τάλασ ἐγώ, οὔτε τὴν Ἥραν ἔχω οὔτε τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν οὔτε τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα οὔτε ὅλωσ ἢ ἀδελφὸν ἢ υἱὸν ἢ ἔγγονον ἢ συγγενῆ" 3. ταῦτα καὶ λέγουσί τινεσ ὅτι ποιεῖ μόνοσ ἐν τῇ ἐκπυρώσει.