Wikipedia suggests that "ευ" was pronounced /eu̯/ in ancient greek[0]. My suspicion is that "ευ ζην" is an Ancient Greek "fixed phrase" which is pronounced with

Wikipedia suggests that "ευ" was pronounced /eu̯/ in ancient greek[0]. My suspicion is that "ευ ζην" is an Ancient Greek "fixed phrase" which is pronounced with Modern Greek phonology. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_phonology#Diphthongs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_phonology#Diphth...