A fight between two Scythian bravos is ended when Ariane shoots both of them with a bow and arrows. Etching by A. Bosse after C. Vignon.

In the romance Ariane, Scythian warriors attack Larissa in Thessaly and abduct Ariane. Alcydamas and a band of Thessalians attack the Scythian camp in search of Ariane, but do not find her. Later Ariane and Alcydamas meet in the forest, and Ariane describes her abduction. Ariane had been abducted by one of the Scyths who was then challenged by a second Scyth who wanted to have Ariane. The two Scyths fought each other, one was about to kill the other when a snake emerged from a bush and bit the second man on the leg. Seeing them both incapacitated, Ariane seized the bow of one of them and shot two arrows into them, killing both. A group of Scyths who had approached flee the scene, thinking that Ariane must be a goddess. The details of the combat are shown in the present print