Some interesting facts surrounding Aphrodite is that she once won a beauty contest between "Hera, herself, and Athena," showing that she is the prevailing goddess when it comes to beauty. Aphrodite also once made a statue come to life for a mortal named Pygmalion, as "He fell in love with a statue that he had carved," granting him his wish. Finally, Aphrodite could not take pigs as offerings, as the rumor surrounded it, saying that "Once a wild boar killed a mortal she loved," (Ducksters), therefore no one dared to remind her of it.