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οὗτος τοίνυν εἰς τοῦτο ἦλθεν ὕβρεως ὥστ’ οὐ πρότερον ἠθέλησεν ἀπελθεῖν, πρὶν αὐτὸν ἡγούμενοι δεινὰ ποιεῖν οἱ παραγενόμενοι καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐλθόντες, ἐπὶ παῖδας κόρας καὶ ὀρφανὰς εἰσιόντα, ἐξήλασαν βίᾳ.
He reached such lengths of depravity that he was not willing to leave until the onlookers and those who had accompanied him, thinking that he was behaving terribly by breaking in on girls and orphans, dragged him away forcibly.
Lysias Speeches 3.7

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