Possible Clues:

• Was the best he could make of it on the Nile
• Capital city of ancient Egypt, situated on both sides of the Nile
• Ancient city
• Ancient city of upper Egypt
• One of the oldest Greek cities, not quite the first
• Ancient city's goddess held in reflective way
• Seven Against - (Aeschylus)
• Greek city of Oedipus
• A fine old metropolis - almost the finest of all
• Old city of Greece or Egypt