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I have never heard this name pronounced with a long i sound although I see several websites and dictionaries that have that as the pronunciation.

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Throughout the 1977 film Iphigenia, shot on location in Aulis, the name is pronounced as:

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if-fəh-ən-yah

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrv-IuUy5xE&feature=related

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Listen to the above youtube clip at 8 seconds for Greek pronunciation.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrv-IuUy5xE&feature=related
Also in the above clip at 5:26 seconds

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This movie is awesome by the way. You will want to use that name even more after you watch it.