Parthenius of Nicaea recorded a love affair between Odysseus and Aeolus ' daughter Polymele ; the latter was said to have ended up betrothed to her own brother Diores.

As Lord Blake observed: " The true relationship between the three cannot be determined with certainty ... there can be no doubt that the affair usage damaged Disraeli and that it made its contribution, along with many other episodes, to the understandable aura of distrust which hung around his name for so many years.

* Squidgygate, the covert leaking of a bugged phone call between the Princess of Wales and James Hewitt, although the phrase originally referred to the exposure of the Princess's extramarital affair ( 1992 )

The French finally acquired the islands through a cunning mixture of strategies, including the policy of ' divide and conquer ', chequebook politics and a serendipitous affair between a sultana and a French trader that was put to good use by the French, who kept control of the islands, quelling unrest and the occasional uprising.

Geoffrey Crawley, editor of the British Journal of Photography, undertook a " major scientific investigation of the photographs and the events surrounding them ", published between 1982 and 1983, " the first major postwar analysis of the affair ".

He destroyed the Augustan illusion of imperial government as a cooperative affair between Emperor, Army, and Senate.

After the affair between David and Katrine became known, David Longfield's father ( Beatty's grandfather ), David Vandeleur Beatty ( 1815 – 1881 ), arranged for his son to be posted to India in the hope that the scandalous relationship might end.

However, in her memoirs, Plowright denies that there had been an affair between the two men.

In addition, having been close to him in their youth, she now showed excessive affection towards her uncle – whilst many historians today dismiss this as familial affection ( noting their early friendship, and his similarity to her father and grandfather ), many of Eleanor's adversaries mistook the generous displays of affection between uncle and niece for an incestuous affair.

Although Kildall preferred to leave the IBM affair in the past and to be known for his work before and afterward, he continually faced comparisons between himself and Bill Gates as well as fading memories of his contributions.

In Angela Carter's Wise Children, To be or not to be is reworked as a song and dance routine, and Iris Murdoch's The Black Prince has Oedipal themes and murder intertwined with a love affair between a Hamlet-obsessed writer, Bradley Pearson, and the daughter of his rival.

Hack notes that Hoover was romantically linked to actress Dorothy Lamour in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and that after Hoover's death, Lamour did not deny rumors that she had had an affair with Hoover in the years between her two marriages.

These therapy sessions lead to a " psychic affair " between Scott and Emma.

Jean's discovery of the psychic affair results in a confrontation between her and Emma, though ultimately Jean realizes that her marriage to Scott has run its course and that Emma truly loves him.

David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel, appreciated Adenauer's response in playing down the affair and not pursuing it further, as it would have burdened the relationship between the two new states.

A novel published in 2006 by Laura Esquivel casts the Nahua, Malinalli, as one of history's pawns who becomes Malinche ( the novel's title ) a woman " trapped between the Mexican civilization and the invading Spaniards, and unveils a literary view of the legendary love affair ".

The affair between Francesco and Lucrezia was passionate, more sexual than sentimental as can be attested in the fevered love letters the pair wrote one another.

Their tradition says that they split from the Otoe tribe, which belongs to the same Chiwere branch of the Siouan language, because of a love affair between the children of two tribal chiefs.

In 2001, Nauru was brought to world attention by the Tampa affair, a Norwegian cargo ship at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Australia, Norway and Indonesia.

The first is an otherwise obscure incident of the Trojan War, the " Quarrel of Odysseus and Achilles "; the second is the amusing tale of a love affair between two Olympian gods, Ares and Aphrodite.

The ground breaking video explores transhumanist philosopher FM-2030's ( Persian: فریدون اسفندیاری ) ideas of " Nostalgia for the Future ", in the form of an imagined love affair between a robot and one of Man Ray's models in Paris in the late 1930s.

What could have been a tense affair, since Rhys had seized lands in Ceredigion previously held by the Clare family, passed off with an exchange of courteous compliments, followed by some good-natured banter between Rhys and Gerald about their family connections.

P & G-produced soaps Another World and Guiding Light both went to St. Croix in 1980, the former show culminating a long-running storyline between popular characters Mac, Rachel and Janice, and the latter to serve as an exotic setting for Alan Spaulding and Rita Bauer's torrid affair.

Her arrest on obscenity charges a few days before the election, for publishing an account of the alleged adulterous affair between the prominent minister, Henry Ward Beecher, and Elizabeth Tilton, added to the sensational coverage of her candidacy.

Having been vilified in the media for her support of free love, Woodhull devoted an issue of Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly ( November 2, 1872 ) to an alleged adulterous affair between Elizabeth Tilton and Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, a prominent Protestant minister in New York ( he supported female suffrage but had lectured against free love in his sermons ).

In addition, Brooke had an affair with her daughter Bridget's first husband, Deacon Sharpe, which produced Brooke's daughter Hope Logan.

Eventually, Deacon and Meggie set up Victor and Nikki to look like Nikki and Deacon were having an affair.

Nikki broke up with Deacon after his role in Meggie's scheme came to light., and Victor and Nikki eventually had an affair, but their reunion was short lived.

The affair between her and Eric began with Eric sleeping with an already barely conscious, tipsy Brooke, who called out Ridge's name in her sleep.

In 2008, Barbara Walters revealed in her memoir Audition that she'd had an affair lasting several years with Brooke during the 1970s, while Brooke was married to his first wife.

During his service under Edward VII, he became involved in an affair with Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick ( i. e., Frances Brooke ), with whom Edward VII was also involved romantically.

His affair with Dixie ruined his marriage with Brooke English.

Devastated at losing Dixie, Tad had an affair with Brooke, his old friend.

Brooke, still trying to find the right man, began to have an affair with con artist Eddie Dorrance.

Brooke and Tom began to have an affair, as Tom had separated from Erica.

The affair cost him his marriage to Brooke.

Edmund knew the truth, and wanting to win back Brooke, he told her about Tad's affair in hopes of breaking up Brooke's marriage.

Adam Chandler wanted Brooke back, but she was still reeling from their previous marriage, which ended when he had an affair with Dixie.

Following this, Brooke began an affair with Adam Chandler.

Brooke told Adam that she would only continue the affair if it remained a secret.

Her love affair with Ridge Forrester ( played by Ronn Moss ) has been a key story arc for over 20 years, and a love triangle among Brooke, Ridge, and Taylor ( Hunter Tylo ) stretched across an entire decade.