Research article. This article raises the question whether any link can be suppositioned between "factual" history and what we normally call "the history of literature". It puts the texts of Ec­logue IV and Boris Godunov to a close and thorough examination to find the answer to this question. This research study was published in Russian Text (19th Century) and Antiquity (Budapest—Tartu), 2008, as my contribution to a collaborative project hosted by Eötvös Loránd University and Eötvös József Collegium (Budapest) and The Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics at The University of Tartu to discover and interpret intertextual connections between 19th-century Russian literature and Antiquity.

Research article. This article raises the question whether any link can be suppositioned between "factual" history and what we normally call "the history of literature". It puts the texts of Ec­logue IV and Boris Godunov to a close and thorough examination to find the answer to this question. This research study was published in Russian Text (19th Century) and Antiquity (Budapest—Tartu), 2008, as my contribution to a collaborative project hosted by Eötvös Loránd University and Eötvös József Collegium (Budapest) and The Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics at The University of Tartu to discover and interpret intertextual connections between 19th-century Russian literature and Antiquity.