The symbolic design on the large rayed solar disk which can be seen on a wall in the queen's palace imitates the font and spiral design found on the mysterious Phaistos disc (~1700 B.C.), which remains yet to be deciphered.
Penope's baby was portrayed by Fabio. He would become one of the world's most famous male models and would be known as simply "Fabio." He was best known for appearing on the covers of over 100 romance novels. This would lead to him resuming his acting career almost 30 years after this film.
This movie provided Gordon Mitchell with his first starring role (billed as "Mitchell Gordon"). He remains bare-chested throughout.
This was the first of three Maciste films produced by Panda. Each film would use a different actor in the role of Maciste.
The US version released by Medallion under the title "Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops", seemingly changing the name of the main character to Atlas, has English dubbing that retains the character's original name of Maciste.