That of Statius (Th. x. 574) presents some characteristic refinements on its original:
"Sic ubi pumiceo pastor rapturas ab antro
Armatas erexit apes, fremit aspera nubes:
Inque vicem sese stridere hortantur et omnes
Hostis in ora volant; mox deficientibus alis
Amplexae flavamque domum captivaque plangunt
Mella, laboratasque premunt ad pectora ceras."
The smoke which is the agent of destruction is described by Virgil: obscurely hinted at in Statius by the single epithet "deficientibus."
The next example is the description of a landslip by the same two. Virg.
Aen. xii. 682.
"Ac velati montis saxum de vertice praeceps
Quum ruit avolsum vento, seu turbidus imber
Proluit, aut annis solvit sublapsa vetustas,
Fertur in abruptum vasto mons improbus actu,
Exsultatque solo, silvas armenta virosque
Involvens secum."
The copy is found Stat. Theb. vii. 744:
"Sic ubi nubiferum montis latus aut nova ventis
Solvit hiems aut victa situ non pertulit aetas;
Desilit horrendus campo timor, arma virosque
Limite, non uno longaevaque robora secum
Praecipitans, tandemque exhaustus turbine fesso
Aut vallum cavat, aut medios intercipit amnes."
The additions are here either exaggerations, trivialities, or ingenious adaptations of other passages of Virgil.
The next is a thunderstorm from Virgil and Lucan, (Aen. xii. 451):
"Qualis ubi ad terras abrupto sidere nimbus
It mare per medium; miseris, heu, praescia longe
Horrescunt corda agricolis; dabit ille ruinas
Arboribus stragemque satis, ruet omnia late;
Antevolant somtumque ferunt ad litora venti."