 In any case Aegialia, being helped by the Argives, prevented Diomedes from entering the city.Or else, if he ever entered Argos, he had to take sanctuary at the altar of Hera, and thence flee with his companions by night.Cometes was shortly the king of Argos, in Diomedes' absence, but was quickly replaced by the rightful heir, Cyanippus, who was the son of Aegialeus.