Pritanoi introduction mentions corn.

[Ludens]

Hello Walrus, welcome to the .Org and to EB .

EB is all about historical accuracy, so I doubt the mention of corn was added as poetic license. More likely, it was written by someone not familiar with the difference between corn in American and British English. In America, corn indeed means maize. In Britain, it's indicates cereal in general.

[magnificent walrus]

More likely, it was written by someone not familiar with the difference between corn in American and British English. In America, corn indeed means maize. In Britain, it's indicates cereal in general.

I had no idea, my dictionary setting is on American English. Also, the check I did before posting was looking up the word "corn" on Wikipedia which landed me on the article for maize instead of the disambiguation page, which actually explains this usage difference. And after checking the "History" section of that article I came to post about it here without any doubt in my mind. Maybe, I should start learning British English, too :D

[Ludens]

Maybe, I should start learning British English, too :D

Don't worry about it. Apparently, this sort of thing even trips up native speakers (of which I am not one).